I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite. by Bo Burnham

I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite.

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My persona on stage was always coming from a place of I know better than you and I'm going to be a little bit pretentious in your face with these sort of crass ideas.

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And if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are Chinese, what are the odds that a men chosen at random spends his free time and mealtime while on his knees.

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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about it. I like to think I'm good enough not to negatively affect the performance.

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I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone's watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.

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My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It's more like a character that's sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.

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When life gets you down, make a comforter! by Bo Burnham

When life gets you down, make a comforter!

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Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.

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At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.

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I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?

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Humour is often linked to shared experience. Like, a guy gets up and says, "Have you noticed public restrooms have really inefficient hand-dryers?" Oh my God, yes I have, hahaha, really

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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person. by Bo Burnham

Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.

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I'm gay for Jesus, fill me with your grace. Pour your love all over me, but please aim away from my face.

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I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.

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Do you guys like impressions? "Why?" That was Socrates. by Bo Burnham

Do you guys like impressions? "Why?" That was Socrates.

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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Poc... by Bo Burnham

Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.

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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France. by Bo Burnham

And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.

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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes. by Bo Burnham

I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.

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Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

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I thought I wanted to be a physicist in high school until I learned that there was much more math than philosophy in it. I assumed I would just sit around all day and think.

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I've been doin' drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are... by Bo Burnham

I've been doin' drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.

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