Quotes by Mike Birbiglia

About Mike Birbiglia:

Mike Birbiglia is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director.
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Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy things. I don't want to lead you down the wrong path. It would be about insignificant things. Like, I wouldn't make th...

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My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

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I end up talking about really mundane things with my fans, and then they're kind of like, 'This is boring. I want to go talk to somebody else.' I think I bore my fans to death by over-talking to them.

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Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act out your dreams.

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I just don't give off a great first impression.

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Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.

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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 like Seinfeld and making observations that we felt like we'd kind of heard before, and then you're s...

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'Terminator 2' is so good. I love it.

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Shooting a movie isn't good for a sleep disorder.

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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 the jokes that are good in the promotion of it, and you see the movie, and you're like, 'I kind of get it a...

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I've become good friends with Lena Dunham, and the thing I had in common with Lena when I was 24 is I was as ambitious as she was. What we don't have in common is that I was not as talented. My voice was not as clearly defined.

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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, 'This is the part I agree with that you're saying, and these are the parts I don't agree with.'

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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 Famous,' in my life, and there just wasn't. It was really frustrating for me because I desired that so much.

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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, 'Well, I'm just going to take this conversation we're having and then repeat that to strangers, and then that's the joke....

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I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

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There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school.

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I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.

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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 out in comedy, it's the audience that tells you what's funny about you. And you need to listen to that an...

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You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the end, and the credits come down, and you're like, 'That's it?! That's the whole thing?! You had me here for that?!' I just don't w...

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I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling stories. And that, I mean, that show is a little bit of a fortress. It's really hard to get stuff on that show.

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When you're in high school, you can't even imagine the concept of what the rest of your life even means.

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Author Bio

  • NameMike Birbiglia
  • DescriptionComedian, actor, writer
  • BornJune 20, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor