About Mike Birbiglia: Mike Birbiglia is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director.
When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there.
I just like, when you look at people who have long careers in film, they're able to make films that are far away from themselves, because they're metaphorical. It creates more opportunities, I think.
I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact lines. I'm a little bit uncomfortable with that. Every night I'm looking for ways to try something else.
If you're asked something on a movie set and you say 'I don't know,' you lose confidence in every department. What you need to say is 'I'll have that for you in five minutes.'
It used to be that if you got on 'The Tonight Show,' your career was made. Now, if you're on 'The Tonight Show,' maybe 14 more people show up to your gig in Tulsa.
When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do; I should write one-liners.' And I did. My first album is mostly one-liners.
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 e...
I always live tweet 'SNL.'
Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just...
When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.
I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.
I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.
Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!
When I met my wife, I was a working comic, so the first week we went out, she saw me perform, and it was very clear what I do.
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.
Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.
Essentially, retweets are like laughs.
I almost can't even put to words how happy I am that I got married.
I've yet to write a stand-up show that isn't autobiographical.
I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood.
I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.
