Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, actor and director. Read full biography of Mike Birbiglia →
Sometimes you'll have a heckler who's actually attempting to be supportive, but you don't realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind... →
I gravitated toward stand-up because there's no overhead. I mean, literally, there's no overhead: Often, you're outdoors performing in... →
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that when you're starting... →
Someone gave me a piece of advice once, my first manager Lucien Hold. He said, 'If you do stand-up about your own life, no one can steal it.'... →
As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you do what you have to do to pay New... →
Every sleep doctor I've talked to said it was an urban legend that you shouldn't wake up a sleepwalker. All that will happen is that you will... →
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and... →
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, and just say... →
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so infuriating. It's like, 'Who is this... →
In terms of comedy, there was a Seinfeldian era of comedy that I love but got played out. Seinfeld was great, but then after him it was people acting... →
It's a difficult line to tread, where sometimes you go to the movies or you watch someone do publicity for movies or TV shows, and they do all... →
My wife and I always comment that our lives are relatively mundane. She's a writer as well, I'm a writer, we spend most of our time writing... →
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 telling you... →
Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, actor and director.