Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbigliais an American comedian, writer, actor, and director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityShewrsbury, MA
CountryUnited States of America
almost basically exciting experience jokes laugh people religious room special thousand time
Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a room together that can laugh at the same time, but I think of it almost as, like, a religious experience.
city comedians politics
There are comedians who focus on everything that is external. They focus on politics and the news, what's going on in that city and that night.
comedians moved nice
When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.
funny
I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.
favourite lining movies silver
One of my favourite movies is 'Annie Hall' because it's about the silver lining of the break-up.
wandered
I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.
metaphor unfair
Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that.
comedians hang played
I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that hang out together.
rude awakening film
In my twenties, I thought it was getting a sitcom. Then I got a sitcom pilot in my early thirties, and realized I didn't want it. It was a rude awakening. When it wasn't picked up, I was crushed, but then in retrospect I've made two films and produced three one-man shows since then. It's the luckiest thing that happened in my life.
cds central combined led passed people specials stuff traded tv
The Comedy Central CDs combined with the TV specials are what led to my stuff being traded and passed around, and a lot more people knowing my jokes than I thought.
generally home travel week
I'm generally so disoriented during the week about what I'm doing and where I am - I travel a lot - that when I'm home on a Sunday, I typically try to sleep in as much as I can.
coming opposed people purpose shows
People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.
human onstage people yards
Sometimes, occasionally, people will make out in the audience, completely not aware that there's a human being onstage just yards away from them, who can see them. Sometimes people think that you're on television while you're onstage, so you're not even a person.
funny humor yankees
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 something in your bladder AND IT'S SEASON TICKETS TO THE YANKEES!!"