Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, writer, musician, and actor. He began his performance career as a YouTuber in March 2006, and his videos have been watched more than 169 million times since. Burnham also has a large following on Vine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth21 August 1990
CityHamilton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
simple trying stuff
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.
laughing trying littles
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.
thinking trying add
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.
people lovely trying
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.
focus trying ive-changed
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.
heaven trying earth
Maybe life on earth could be heaven, doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?
love-you perfect trying
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.
fun comedy enjoy
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
funny humor giants
I get more ass than a giant donkey stable.
guy pirate creative
What's a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy
gun midget loaded
I'm a drunken midget with a loaded gun, a loaded gun.
emotional challenges brain
Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you're on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don't want to be onstage looking like a robot, I want to be at the end of the day very emotional and what feels like someone being up there rather than reciting things. That's always the challenge, to analyze and then somehow lose yourself in something you absolutely know backwards and forwards. And nothing's going to surprise you, but you have to be surprised by it and let it surprise you.
thinking clubs littles
I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments.
character play names
It's not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage. I feel more like I'm doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name.