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Bo Burnham
American
Comedian
Born:
Aug 21
,
1990
Comedy
Like
Me
People
Think
You
Related authors:
George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
Mitch Hedberg
Robin Williams
Rodney Dangerfield
Steven Wright
W. C. Fields
Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.
Bo Burnham
Depression
Lose
Sense
Once
Once A Week
Slip
Oneness
Week
Like
Self-Worth
Existential
Where
Deep
I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, 'Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets - it works!'
Bo Burnham
Buy
Dreams
Me
You
People
Winner
Advice
Say
Telling
Would
Follow
Follow Your Dreams
Take
Like
Know
Tickets
Biased
Gotten
Lottery
Very
Taylor
Taylor Swift
Your
Your Dreams
Who
Swift
Works
Lucky
Assets
I'm grateful for every stupid mistake and dumb joke I tried to make.
Bo Burnham
Grateful
Mistake
Joke
Stupid
Every
Tried
Make
Dumb
The average person has one Fallopian tube.
Bo Burnham
Person
Tube
Average
Average Person
It feels like we're always juggling many pieces of information at once or trying out many personas at once. It makes life slightly nonlinear.
Bo Burnham
Life
Once
Slightly
Out
Feels
Like
Pieces
Makes
Always
Nonlinear
Juggling
Trying
Information
Many
The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous.
Bo Burnham
People
Problem
Think
Those
Worthy
About
Attention
Because
Makes
Passionate
Just
Famous
Famous People
Want
Them
Us
Viewers
Who
Many
Things
I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.
Bo Burnham
You
Teenage
Charged
Sexuality
About
Dating
Uncomfortable
Write
Know
Make
Overly
Things
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 all the music away and become a real comedian.' But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue.
Bo Burnham
Music
Day
Comedy
Amazing
Thought
First
Become
Young
Musical
Musical Comedy
One Day
Out
Able
Something
Point
Pursue
Put
Comedian
Comedians
Well
Always
Real
Very
Want
Realized
Then
Away
Starting
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
Bo Burnham
Comedy
College
Instead
Going
Chose
My career was exploding at the same time that social media itself was expanding. But when my online videos were taking off, I didn't think, 'Oh, great! I'm going to be able to parlay this into a career!' I just wanted to be a comedian. I just wanted to perform live.
Bo Burnham
Time
Great
Videos
Social Media
Live
Think
Able
Online
Taking
Perform
Comedian
Were
Off
Itself
Expanding
Same
Going
Oh
Just
Same Time
Wanted
Social
Exploding
Media
Career
I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.
Bo Burnham
Listening
No Idea
Idea
Audience
Where
Who
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It's like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
Bo Burnham
Art
Good
You
Comedy
Painting
About
Absolutely
Songs
Suppose
Like
Himself
Talking
Another
Because
How
Hip-Hop
Art Form
Artist
Form
Your
Painter
Actually
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
Age
Comedy
Internet
Young
Think
Able
Study
Because
Lot
Quite
Young Age
Watch
I thought I had more of a European sense of humour than the average American comic.
Bo Burnham
Thought
Sense
Humour
More
Had
Comic
Than
American
Average
Average American
European
I don't think I've had a job since I worked for my father's construction company.
Bo Burnham
Construction
Father
Job
Think
Had
Since
Worked
Company
There's only one rule in stand-up, which is that you have to be funny. Yet 99 per cent of comics look and talk exactly the same.
Bo Burnham
Funny
You
Rule
Exactly
Exactly The Same
Per
Only
Look
Talk
Comics
Same
Cent
Which
I have no real want or need to be a movie star.
Bo Burnham
Real
Want
Movie
Movie Star
Star
Need
I grew up listening to Steve Martin and Robin Williams, so I didn't ever intend to be a musical comedian. I sort of stumbled into it.
Bo Burnham
Listening
Musical
Williams
Martin
Stumbled
Comedian
Steve
Steve Martin
Robin
Sort
Robin Williams
Up
Intend
Grew
Ever
I always think of myself as a comedy feeder type person, and that feeder lets themselves get out of your comfort zone as opposed to straight stand up; that feels like honing one skill, like honing one point of view.
Bo Burnham
Myself
Comedy
Think
Type
Honing
Out
Point
Point Of View
Feels
Like
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Always
Opposed
Up
Person
Get
Straight
Themselves
Skill
Stand
View
Your
Stand Up
Lets
Zone
I enjoy stand up so much because I take time off, and then I'll be excited to go back to it.
Bo Burnham
Time
Enjoy
Back
Take
Excited
Because
Go
Off
Up
Then
Much
Stand
Stand Up
The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody, but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
Bo Burnham
Strength
You
People
Sometimes
Comedy
Other
See
Ideas
Learn
Answer
Anybody
Want
Your
Strengthen
I just have a problem with youth culture.
Bo Burnham
Youth
Culture
Problem
Just
Youth Culture
With 'Words, Words, Words,' that show was me experimenting with something, and then there was a clear direction for me.
Bo Burnham
Me
Words
Something
Direction
Clear
Experimenting
Then
Show
Since I got an audience before I even had a comic voice, my material that really wasn't worthy of an audience somehow got it, slightly unfairly.
Bo Burnham
Before
Slightly
Worthy
Somehow
Voice
Had
Since
Audience
Comic
Got
Material
Unfairly
Really
Even
I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.
Bo Burnham
Care
About
Really
Momentum
A lot of my fans are really young and seem slightly unsure and nervous about things. Hopefully for young people watching my show, it comes away that I'm pretty weird up there.
Bo Burnham
People
Fans
Nervous
Young
Slightly
Hopefully
Pretty
About
Seem
Weird
Unsure
Lot
Up
Young People
Really
Show
Away
Things
Watching
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