Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, actor and director. Read full biography of Mike Birbiglia →
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy... →
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote 'The Dark... →
My first car was, as depicted in 'Sleepwalk with Me,' my mother's '92 Volvo station wagon that had 80,000 miles on it, and I had put... →
There's something about small venues that's amazing for developing material. It's almost like you can not only hear people's... →
As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this unquenchable need to be liked... →
Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So today... →
Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make jokes about... →
I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply... →
I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be... →
Someone said to me at a party once, 'Oh, yeah, you're a comedian? Then how come you're not funny now?' And I just wanted to say... →
The Hollywood model is to develop scripts for 10 years, sell them, transfer them, attach this actor, then attach a director. This isn't what... →
When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour Hoffman character in 'Almost... →
Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, actor and director.