I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The Hollywood model is to develop scripts for 10 years, sell them, transfer them, attach this actor, then attach a director. This… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I end up talking about really mundane things with my fans, and then they're kind of like, 'This is boring. I want… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I wrote the screenplay for 'Sleepwalk with Me,' I was imagining that another person would direct it. So I was using… — 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
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so… — 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 a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The thing about storytelling is it's very stripped down; it's very much at the core of 'I'm a person and I'm just… — 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
You don't really see sleepwalking in films that often. It's weird; I feel like in popular culture we have the perception of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the… — 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
