Zitat des Tages von Bo Burnham:
I was being called a shock comic. I hated that. It's so cheap and stupid.
I just have a problem with youth culture.
I've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.
I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.
For me, the only value a celebrity has, or any artist or actor or anything, is the things that they make, you know?
I like to call everyone that I find slightly annoying a 'sociopath.'
I know I'm probably digging for fresh fruit in the garbage, and as much as anyone, my attitude is, if stuff's sincere, it's gooey and boring and uninteresting. But it's no way to live.
'Words, Words, Words' was very much its title. It's just words, words, words and trying to show that I can pack as much material into an hour as I possibly could word count-wise.
I became good friends with Jack Whitehall. I think he's great, such a great dude, and really funny.
You got to take a deep breath and give up. The system is rigged against you.
There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.
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.
I really like The Beatles.
I really like maths.
I have a show on MTV called 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous.' I think that's a secret to a vast majority of America.
I always wanted to be a comedian and actor.
The Internet is so crazy, and you're exposed to so many things. In an hour, you can really jump around.
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.
I'm just a giddy teenager who would like to break into show business any way I can.
I didn't want to bash young people. I don't want to bash a kid for dreaming or wanting something or being slightly ambitious - that's not the problem. The actual problem is with the culture surrounding him.
I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?
The unlimited amount of information that I have access to has also given me an unlimited threshold for how I need to be stimulated.
Basically, I don't like to tweet stuff about my life. I only like to tweet jokes.
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.
There's tons of dudes - like David O'Doherty, Tim Key, and Alex Horne - I made a lot of friends with people who are really incredible comics.
I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.
The thing is, I always thought I could do stand-up, and so I just stayed focused on the belief that I could succeed.
If I had posted my first video a week later, I don't know if it would have spread like it did. That's why, with everything I do, I try to enjoy the making of it instead of worrying about the release and reception.
Please don't stick with me if I start sucking.
The quality of the work when I was 16... I've had my issues with it, but I've learned to forgive myself because I was 16 years old.
Even in movies like 'Superbad,' they're all lovable kids.
You can give poor people this royal wedding to watch and make them feel good about themselves, or you can give them something useful like, I don't know... a toaster.
I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.
Don't worry, I'm hilarious.
I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is.
I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.