Mathilde "Tig" O'Callaghan Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is Grammy Award nominated American stand-up comic, writer, and radio contributor. Read full biography of Tig Notaro →
Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.
I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was a really skinny kid, and I remember my mother... →
It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was listening to everything from country to heavy... →
Basically I'm a female human being with brown hair, enjoy precision, reading the news, eating delicious food with my delicious friends and... →
Reminding myself that I have a tailbone keeps me in check.
It's almost embarrassing how much support I have. I mean, I always tell people I feel like I'm perfectly set up to have cancer. I have great... →
My career has always kind of moved forward and upward. I've never had anything kind of stall out or go in the opposite direction. I've always... →
I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).
One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented songwriters ever.
As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy.
Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.
I'm always going to do whatever I think is funniest. If something's dark, I'll do it.
I'm fascinated by caddy Buddhists popping up all over Hollywood and people that take themselves too seriously.
Mathilde "Tig" O'Callaghan Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is Grammy Award nominated American stand-up comic, writer, and radio contributor.