I just like to write and then perform. Bo Burnham More Quotes by Bo Burnham More Quotes From Bo Burnham I'm a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch. Bo Burnham unclesgirlfriendfunny I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface. Bo Burnham simplestufftrying I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don't want to construct the show to prove something. Bo Burnham speakwantthinking Bitches and hoes don't exist because the hoes know Bo's a feminist. Bo Burnham hoefeministknows For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: 'I'll say anything, man!'. I'm not quite there yet. Bo Burnham comediansay-anythingmen My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition. Bo Burnham lovelytryingpeople I chose to do comedy instead of going to college. Bo Burnham going-to-collegecomedycollege I don't consciously try to make things difficult as much as I try to make them a little different. I like all kinds of laughs. I tried to make a show that elicit groans, guffaws, chuckles, boos. Bo Burnham differenttryinglaughing I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it's totally not, which is why I'm trying to get away from it because it's just easy and automatic. Bo Burnham controversialtryingthinking In comedy, falling means laughter. You can take something sacred and make it silly. The more sacred it is, the funnier it is. It has a bigger drop to fall. Bo Burnham laughtersillyfall I'm a drunken midget with a loaded gun, a loaded gun. Bo Burnham midgetloadedgun I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage. Bo Burnham favorslittlesthinking My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It's much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it. Bo Burnham down-andcamerasfirsts I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I've enjoyed watching. Bo Burnham addtryingthinking When things [writing] are over, I always think, 'well, I'm never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I'm going to go be a farmer'. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won't happen. Bo Burnham writingideasthinking I don't want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I'm just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free. Bo Burnham singingsongkids The thing is, I was on YouTube like the golden era, I think. Before ads came in, it was really cool back then. Bo Burnham goldenerasthinking That's what YouTube's become, it's become like a lot of vloggers capitalizing on this sort of like "My fans, I love my fans, hey guys." I've grown up and kind of been disgusted by that. I think it's using people, I think it's like encouraging something that's unhealthy, telling people you love them. "I love you." Oh really, you love your fans? You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that's not selfless that you love your fans, that's ridiculous. Bo Burnham using-peoplelove-youthinking I think no matter what you do, a certain amount of people are going to call you a sellout, somehow, you know. If I ever start trying to make a living on it. Bo Burnham tryingpeoplethinking It's not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage. I feel more like I'm doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name. Bo Burnham namesplaycharacter
