“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 good point, they should... fix that. It's good to know that somebody finally gets me!” KnowsShouldHumorHandsFunnyGuyHumourGet UpLinkedShared ExperiencesRestroomDryersHahaha Author:Bo Burnham
“Laughter is the best medicine, y'know, besides medicine.” KnowsLaughterMedicineLaughter Is The Best Medicine Author:Bo Burnham
“People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.” PeopleKnowsGivingRealGuyEmptyGive MeCupsCollectionsPlatesHomelessEmpty Cup Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” KnowsLittlesIdeasFacesBitsStageLittle BitYour FacePersonaBetter Than YouPretentiousCrass Author:Bo Burnham
“I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsYoungThreeEasyStuffChallengesAttentionGenerationsMinutesStupidMaterialsStatementsThoughtfulDisagreeOur GenerationAttention SpanEndearing Author:Bo Burnham
“I know it's the comedian's instinct to say, "Do it, man, nothing's off-limits! It's cool, bro!" I don't know if that's the answer for me. "Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?" I don't worship comedy; at the end of the day I don't fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.” IfsKnowsMenWantEndsMightFallAnswersAudienceComedyLimitsWorshipJokesInstinctComedianThe End Of The DayAltarsBrosMiscarriage Author:Bo Burnham
“The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That's an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes. I try to be strong about it and assure myself that only my close friends and family can really pass judgement on me personally, but it's impossible to not let it get to you.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingSometimesStrongStruggleImpossibleDangerJudgementFamily And FriendsOngoingGet RealClose FriendsTrippy Author:Bo Burnham
“I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy.” KnowsWatchesComedyMaterialsComedian Author:Bo Burnham
“Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you're on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don't want to be onstage looking like a robot, I want to be at the end of the day very emotional and what feels like someone being up there rather than reciting things. That's always the challenge, to analyze and then somehow lose yourself in something you absolutely know backwards and forwards. And nothing's going to surprise you, but you have to be surprised by it and let it surprise you.” KnowsWantFeelsWellsEndsLostLeftLosesChallengesBrainStageEmotionalSurpriseThe End Of The DayBackwardsRobotsLosing YourselfRecitingLeft Brain Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMatterCertainAmountNo Matter WhatLiving On Author:Bo Burnham
“People are gonna think that MTV censored me, and they really didn't. I really wanted to try to make a show that didn't rely on offensive, edgy material because I think it was an exercise in trying to write without that. Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingTryingI CanSometimesShowsKidsWantedParentCan DoWatchesMaterialsExerciseRelyWorthwhileOffensiveCan Do SomethingMtvEdgyCrutchesCensored Author:Bo Burnham
“If I have enough money to support myself, I'll just give stuff away. I just, I want people to see it and I want to be able to do this for a living, you know what I mean? So it's just a balance. If I'm not doing well for five years, then I'm selling stuff, but if I'm doing well and I can afford to give stuff away, I'll always do that.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantGivingYearsWellsMeanI CanEnoughAbleStuffSupportFiveBalanceSellingFive Years Author:Bo Burnham
“Bitches and hoes don't exist because the hoes know Bo's a feminist.” KnowsFeministHoe Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” KnowsTryingStuffSimplePoetSurfaceThemeLiteral Author:Bo Burnham
