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Bo Burnham

(1990) Actor United States

258 quotes in 1032 categories

Bo Burnham jokes that the first Wikipedia page about you sticks forever, shaping how people see you. He talks about wanting to drop music and become a pure comedian, while also poking fun at himself and teenage dating. He notes that stand‑up often favors masculinity, so he flips the script with a feminine touch.

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Bo Burnham is an actor from the United States, best known for Egghead.

Quick Facts About Bo Burnham

Born: August 21, 1990
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Egghead

About Bo Burnham

Robert Pickering Burnham, who works under the name Bo Burnham, is an American comedian, actor, musician and filmmaker. His work blends filmmaking with music, sketch comedy and stand‑up, often adding a dramatic, satirical or tragic twist that leaves meaning open to interpretation.

Awards & Honors

Emmy Award Film Independent Spirit Awards Directors Guild of America Award Writers Guild of America Award

Quotes by Bo Burnham

I really like maths.

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Love is all about... whistles.

Love

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I really like The Beatles.

Beatles

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Don't worry, I'm hilarious.

Comedy

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I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite.

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I'm very left-brain.

Brain

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I'm constipated, couldn't give a shit.

Constipated

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Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively.

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I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.

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

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If I was confronted with some 20-year-old American hotshot, I'd hate him.

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Laughter is the best medicine, y'know, besides medicine.

Comedy

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You got to take a deep breath and give up. The system is rigged against you.

Breath

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Your hard work and talent will not pay off.

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Being famous is complete luck, and that's something you can't bank on.

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Uncharted territory is a good place to be in.

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I'm a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out…

Comedy

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Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.

Comedy

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

Bombastic

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How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18...…

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If a comic is himself, there'll be things he can't do - because he has to adhere to that persona.

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I'm left-brained, so I'm all about a mathematical approach to language. I've always been interested in that.

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm thankful for all of you. I am not thankful for the pilgrims. Buckles should never be on hats.

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

Diversity

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The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because…

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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…

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I don't consciously try to make things difficult as much as I try to make them a little different. I like all…

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“Well, man, you know what they say." No, I don't. I don't know what they say. I don't even know who they…

Humor

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At the time of 'Words, Words, Words,' I'm a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he's entitled to do comedy and tell you…

Comedy

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I was doing theater in my high school, and I started writing sort of silly songs on the piano backstage in summer…

Backstage

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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.…

Character

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My career was exploding at the same time that social media itself was expanding. But when my online videos were taking off,…

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I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious.…

Anxious

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If I have enough money to support myself, I'll just give stuff away. I just, I want people to see it and…

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Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you're on stage you have to know it…

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“9 likes Like Facebook_icon “Read this to yourself. Read it silently. Don't move your lips. Don't make a sound. Listen to yourself.…

Books

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The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for…

Close friends

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People are gonna think that MTV censored me, and they really didn't. I really wanted to try to make a show that…

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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…

Attention

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“Art is dead. Art is dead. Art is dead. Art is dead. Entertainers like to seem complicated But we're not complicated I…

Art

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Bo Burnham by topic

Humor (60) Comedy (56) People (43) Funny (32) Thinking (28) Life (14) Comedian (13) Time (10) Theatre (10)