The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Where art and business intersect is a challenging hurdle for a lot of people, reconciling the fact that not everyone is going… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I made 'Sleepwalk with Me,' many people asked me if was a novelty thing, a one-off. But this is the goal,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I think our culture views success as visibility, being seen as being successful. Whereas I've learned that success is rooted in helping… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The way I view comedy clubs is, people are drinking, they're ordering food, they're out for the night, and there's also a… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I'm taking the subway to my improv shows I will be writing in my notebook different actions that I see people… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
In terms of comedy, there was a Seinfeldian era of comedy that I love but got played out. Seinfeld was great, but… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
It's interesting how sleepwalking in a certain way becomes an accumulation of your outside stimuli that's actually there and what's happening in your brain. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
I went to the doctor, and they found something in my bladder. And whenever they find something, it's never anything good like, "We found… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
I think because I've been working in front of audiences for so many years, I'm able to take in the input, good or bad,… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This American Life,'… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share
