“Maybe life on earth could be heaven, doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?” TryingEarthHeaven Author:Bo Burnham
“Nothing's true that I say, because I don't really want to say anything. I don't think my life's that cool, and I don't think my opinion's that valid. They're just silly jokes. Usually I just take a topic that isn't funny at all, like Shakespeare, and work backwards. I just try to find an unfunny subject.” ThinkingWantTryingOpinionSubjectsJokesSillyTopicsSay AnythingBackwards Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” PeopleIfsTryingEnjoyTermMy OwnLovely Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” ThinkingTryingEasyGet AwayControversyControversialAllusion Author:Bo Burnham
“I'm very interested in trying to make comedy shows that are a bit bigger, more theatrical, more of a "show." Some people might say I'm trying too hard, but that's a compliment to me. I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.” PeopleTryingLittlesHardShowsMightValuesBitsComedyBiggerProductionsCornersComplimentTheatricalFlairComedy ShowsTrying Too Hard 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
“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 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.” TryingKindLittlesDifferentShowsDifficultLaughingAll KindsChuckles Author:Bo Burnham
“I'm happy with what I'm doing. I try not to focus on how I've changed. I just try to focus on what I'm doing now.” TryingFocusChangedI've Changed Author:Bo Burnham
“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.” ThinkingTryingEnjoyAudienceStageDrawsAddEnjoyed Author:Bo Burnham
“What's that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I'll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.” IfsTryingWellsSongThreeHeardKingsInternetSixAlbumsAvailableAidsGhostEntitledDrsLutherPirateItunesDr Martin Luther King 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
“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.” WantTryingReasonKidsAbleSongSpecialSingingCamerasLike MeReleaseNo ReasonBedroomFormatSpecial ThingsSinging Songs 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
“I love you just the way you are but you don't see you like I do. You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.” WayShouldTryingHardPerfectLove YouBe YouTrust Me 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
“I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It's like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, 'I think you try too hard in your comedy.' And that's what I worry about.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentSometimesHardWorryComedyAreasCompareRangeMultiple Author:Bo Burnham
