Bo Burnham Quotes

Obviously comedic styles do change.

That was sort of the 'Second City' approach, which was try to be intelligent and assume your audience is intelligent. We were influenced by 'Monty Python,' too, which would have philosophers in a wrestling match.

I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy.

I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.

Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.

One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

You know, I think British comedy is very smart comedy. You don't get too much dumb comedy over here. Or at least I haven't seen it. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize to all the dumb comedy makers over here.

There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle structure.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.'

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.

'Catch-22''s admirers cross boundaries - ideological, generational, geographical.

I would love to do a comedy, but comedy probably in the sense of a dark comedy like 'Californication,' that sort of thing. Yeah, sure, I think I'm funny.

I think I'm more of an absurdist than a satirist. I think I'm more of a - humanist? I hate to say it!

My comedy is kind of a counteraction to some of the comedy I don't like. Or things I don't like.

The really funny comedies to me are always the ones that are played the straightest or given the most emotional content. And when people start making faces and setting things up and commenting and winking at you, I don't find that to be very funny.