Bo Burnham

I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.

I don't worship comedy; at the end of the day, I don't fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

I became good friends with Jack Whitehall. I think he's great, such a great dude, and really funny.

Not enough comedy makes you feel something.

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.

Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It's like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.

Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.' But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue.

I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It's like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, 'I think you try too hard in your comedy.' And that's what I worry about.

Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or a god, which some people do. This might just be in America, but 'stand-up comedy' is something very particular that I don't particularly relate to.