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Bo Burnham Biography

Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, actor, director, screenwriter, and poet. He began his performance career as a YouTuber in March 2006, and his videos have been viewed over 214 million times as of December 2017[update].

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I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?

Bored, Day, Easily, Half, Needs

The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That's an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes. I try to be strong about it and assure myself that only my close friends and family can really pass judgement on me personally, but it's impossible to not let it get to you.

Biggest, Making, Pass, Strong, Struggle, Thinking

I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I. . . don't.

Believe, Firmly, Funny, Humor, Rephrase, Women

I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer

Deer, Giraffe, Necks, Sad, Saws, Short

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.

Addition, Enjoy, Lovely, People, Trying, Work

We're having a traditional Thanksgiving - turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.

Blue, Hat, Moon, Thanksgiving, Turkeys

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

Deep, Depression, Existential, Oneness, Self Worth, Sense

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.

Brain, Challenge, Challenges, Emotional, Let, Lose

People ask me all the time, ALL the time, they say the same exact thing. They say, 'Bo, you're an artist. . . how do we fix Africa?'

Artist, Fix, Funny, Humor, Same

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 fans, hey guys. " I've grown up and kind of been disgusted by that. I think it's using people, I think it's like encouraging something that's unhealthy, telling people you love them. "I love you. " Oh really, you love your fans? You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that's not selfless that you love your fans, that's ridiculous.

Grown, Love, Love You, Money, Thinking, Using People

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.

Become, Ideas, Thinking, Writing

I get more ass than a giant donkey stable.

Ass, Funny, Giant, Giants, Humor, Stable

You guys like impressions? Why?

Guy, Guys, Impression, Impressions, Like

Maybe life on earth could be heaven, doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?

Earth, Heaven, Make, Thought, Trying

The average person has one Fallopian tube.

Average, Average Person, Fallopian, Person, Persons, Tube

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

Believe, Believes, Cousin, Gay, Marriage

I never felt like I was stealing anyone's fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.

People, Comedian, Fans, Felt, Love

People are gonna think that MTV censored me, and they really didn't. I really wanted to try to make a show that didn't rely on offensive, edgy material because I think it was an exercise in trying to write without that. Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.

Exercise, Gonna, Kids, Like, Make, Writing

If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.

People, Facts, Comedy, Surprise, Tension

What's a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy

Creative, Funny, Guy, Homeless, Humor, Ship

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