It's all about surprising people, and you're not surprising people if you're making them laugh every five seconds. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I don't want you to think I'm better than people or that I know better than people. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People ask me all the time, ALL the time, they say the same exact thing. They say, 'Bo, you're an artist... how… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
A few people know me, and the few people that do know me only know me because they dig my stuff. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I didn't want to bash young people. I don't want to bash a kid for dreaming or wanting something or being slightly… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody, but sometimes you want to learn from other people and… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
There's tons of dudes - like David O'Doherty, Tim Key, and Alex Horne - I made a lot of friends with people… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I feel lucky, where I'm not 'famous' famous. I'm not someone that everyone kind of knows for no reason. If people know… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I've come across people referring to themselves as 'Vine famous.' Some of them started out by putting up Vines just for fun,… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious.… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
If I have enough money to support myself, I'll just give stuff away. I just, I want people to see it and… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I really don't like to tweet or Instagram anything about the people in my life just because I feel like I signed… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I've always liked TV shows that have slightly unlikable leads, where you root for them in spite of a lot of things.… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
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… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
A lot of my fans are really young and seem slightly unsure and nervous about things. Hopefully for young people watching my… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People do complain about the way I act on stage... They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained,… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I think no matter what you do, a certain amount of people are going to call you a sellout, somehow, you know.… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People look at me and go, 'He's only successful because he's got a bunch of 16-year-old girls at his back who don't… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don't have a great ear. It's like a… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I'll stop when I think I'm not doing good stuff. I'll never exploit something just because people like it. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
You can give poor people this royal wedding to watch and make them feel good about themselves, or you can give them… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I never felt like I was stealing anyone's fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in trying to make comedy shows that are a bit bigger, more theatrical, more of a "show." Some people… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
“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 are. Who… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
And there's a metal train that's a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her, How long til it… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function. — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
