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I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.

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Bo Burnham
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: August 21
Actor
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I'm interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they're scary, and they're important to think about. I'm also wary about the fact that if you don't proceed with caution and understand what you're doing, you understand these things are realities that you're dealing with, they're real things.
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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost... my virginity.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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When I see someone filming me, I don't usually think, 'No, man, don't put this up online!' I'd think, 'Hey man, you don't get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!' I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
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I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about it. I like to think I'm good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.
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In comedy, falling means laughter. You can take something sacred and make it silly. The more sacred it is, the funnier it is. It has a bigger drop to fall.
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Comedy is very strange to me and I don't fully understand it's purpose or function.
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I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They must have some special kind of cereal!' My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
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Back home they call me the tie-dye shirt kid. Well, that and faggot.
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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 couch.
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If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.
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I don't like calling myself a feminist only because I don't think I've done anything active enough to call myself one. It'd be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I'm not racist.
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Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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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.
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When things [writing] are over, I always think, 'well, I'm never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I'm going to go be a farmer'. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won't happen.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: 'I'll say anything, man!'. I'm not quite there yet.
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