For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes base comedy distill
For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money. Bo Burnham actcasualnesscomedy share on social
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? Bo Burnham artisticallyboreday Change image and share on social
Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth. Bo Burnham deepdepressionexistential Change image and share on social
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel. Jenny Offill contrariancrossdistill share on social
I'm all in favor of people - myself included - going into the same territory if there's something that can be done with it. But if somebody says, 'Make a sequel to 'Heathers',' I feel like, no, someone should make a good movie that's a dark, satirical comedy that has that sensibility. Michael Lehmann comedydarkfavor share on social