When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and… — 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
As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able.… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why… — 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
After I perform 'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend,' it takes a lot out of me emotionally; and, at the end of it, I feel… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that… — 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
Sometimes, occasionally, people will make out in the audience, completely not aware that there's a human being onstage just yards away from… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
