Bo Burnham Quotes

Author Image

Bo Burnham

Profession : Comedian

Birth : August 21, 1990

I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is.

Bo Burnham

I really don't like to tweet or Instagram anything about the people in my life just because I feel like I signed up for this, and I don't even know what this is yet. I do know that it could go anywhere, and I really don't want to sign other people in my life up for it without their permission or consent.

Bo Burnham

The strange thing was, when I was starting on YouTube, even the paradigm of YouTube and Internet sensation - or whatever - that didn't really exist. So I didn't even know that that was a thing.

Bo Burnham

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

Bo Burnham

I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite.

Bo Burnham

I think because of the Internet I was able to study comedy from quite a young age and watch a lot of comedy.

Bo Burnham

Your hard work and talent will not pay off.

Bo Burnham

I'm very left-brain.

Bo Burnham

Even in movies like 'Superbad,' they're all lovable kids.

Bo Burnham

I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people.

Bo Burnham

A few people know me, and the few people that do know me only know me because they dig my stuff.

Bo Burnham

In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.

Bo Burnham

I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don't have a great ear. It's like a tragedy - I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.

Bo Burnham

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. So I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.

Bo Burnham

'Words, Words, Words' was very much its title. It's just words, words, words and trying to show that I can pack as much material into an hour as I possibly could word count-wise.

Bo Burnham

For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money.

Bo Burnham

I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.

Bo Burnham

'what.' is bombastic introspection. It's large, colourful, and loud but hopefully intimate at the same time.

Bo Burnham

I don't mind having 16-year-old fans, but I hate just having 16-year-old fans. I want more diversity.

Bo Burnham

I was definitely not the kid that just wanted to be famous for no reason whatsoever and then happened to find comedy. Fame and all that stuff have always been slightly terrifying to me, and it makes me very anxious.

Bo Burnham