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Mike Birbiglia quotes: Shooting a movie isn't good for a sleep disorder. Shooting a movie isn't good for a sleep disorder.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset. I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they're also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky. I went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I shouldn't say bad things about the illiterate, though..I should write it. That way they won't find out. I shouldn't say bad things about the illiterate, though..I should write it. That way they won't find out.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I just don't give off a great first impression. I just don't give off a great first impression.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood. I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Essentially, retweets are like laughs. Essentially, retweets are like laughs.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal. I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans. I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy. I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'm walking out my door to get like a Snapple, and someone's like 'yo man, you want to buy some heroin?' 'No ... got any Snapple?' I'm walking out my door to get like a Snapple, and someone's like 'yo man, you want to buy some heroin?' 'No ... got any Snapple?'
Mike Birbiglia quotes: When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish. When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: 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. 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.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sometimes people say, 'You're the best at digressions.' And that's actually a real compliment to me. Sometimes people say, 'You're the best at digressions.' And that's actually a real compliment to me.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have plans. Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have plans.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Prose is all about embellishing and describing. Prose is all about embellishing and describing.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray. What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I was an altar boy as a kid. And the answer is no. I was an altar boy as a kid. And the answer is no.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Some people come up to me and say "You know, in Italy, it's pronounced Ber-beel-lia" And I say "Well, here in America, you're annoying ... " Some people come up to me and say "You know, in Italy, it's pronounced Ber-beel-lia" And I say "Well, here in America, you're annoying ... "
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I didn't realize how good I was with computers until I met my parents. I didn't realize how good I was with computers until I met my parents.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching. I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sometimes I take this women's exercise class called Core Fusion at a place called Exhale. I shouldn't say it's a women's class. There's maybe two men. Sometimes I take this women's exercise class called Core Fusion at a place called Exhale. I shouldn't say it's a women's class. There's maybe two men.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: When you're in high school, you can't even imagine the concept of what the rest of your life even means. When you're in high school, you can't even imagine the concept of what the rest of your life even means.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs. In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways. Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love pizza so much, I would marry pizza, but it would just be an elaborate ploy to eat her whole family at the reception. I love pizza so much, I would marry pizza, but it would just be an elaborate ploy to eat her whole family at the reception.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love pizza. I want to marry it, but it would just be to eat her family at the wedding. I love pizza. I want to marry it, but it would just be to eat her family at the wedding.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: What I really need is a woman who loves me for my money but doesn't understand math. What I really need is a woman who loves me for my money but doesn't understand math.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: 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. 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.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I grew up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and went to college in Washington D.C. I grew up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and went to college in Washington D.C.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness. I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep. I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: My last name has the word 'big' in it. It seems like a logical progression that if you shed away the Bir and the lia, I'll just be Big. My last name has the word 'big' in it. It seems like a logical progression that if you shed away the Bir and the lia, I'll just be Big.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school. There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there. When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love Broadway shows. I love Broadway shows.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don't know who you are, which is why they kill you. Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don't know who you are, which is why they kill you.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you. I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sometimes, when you want to be in a place so badly, you'll do anything. Sometimes, when you want to be in a place so badly, you'll do anything.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I don't smoke a lot of pot anymore. No one wants to hang around a guy who ends every sentence with, "Do you guys hate me?" I don't smoke a lot of pot anymore. No one wants to hang around a guy who ends every sentence with, "Do you guys hate me?"
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!' I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy. I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sex and pizza, they say, are similar. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, you get it on your shirt. Sex and pizza, they say, are similar. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, you get it on your shirt.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'm incapable of feeling any joy. I'm incapable of feeling any joy.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless. You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I always live tweet 'SNL.' I always live tweet 'SNL.'
Mike Birbiglia quotes: You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up. You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: 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. 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.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'm a compulsive everything. I'm a compulsive everything.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea. Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Film is so immersive. Film is so immersive.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is. The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. I love Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: 'Terminator 2' is so good. I love it. 'Terminator 2' is so good. I love it.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal. People come to my shows on purpose as opposed to coming to a 'comedy show.' Which was always my goal.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion. The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree. You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace. One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting. Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sometimes you'll have a heckler who's actually attempting to be supportive, but you don't realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind of confusing. Sometimes you'll have a heckler who's actually attempting to be supportive, but you don't realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind of confusing.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: With a monologue, you can be unendingly elliptical. With a monologue, you can be unendingly elliptical.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love Valentine's Day. When you're a kid everyone gets a Valentine. It's like 'TO TIM, NICE PANTS, LOVE SCOTT'. It's Valentines galore! I love Valentine's Day. When you're a kid everyone gets a Valentine. It's like 'TO TIM, NICE PANTS, LOVE SCOTT'. It's Valentines galore!
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time. I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: 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. 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.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it down. Once you start writing something obsessively, it's almost like someone has to rip it from your hands in order for you to put it down.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I've yet to write a stand-up show that isn't autobiographical. I've yet to write a stand-up show that isn't autobiographical.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy. Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: When I go to bed at night, I wear a sleeping bag. And for a long time, I wore mittens so that I couldn't open the sleeping bag. When I go to bed at night, I wear a sleeping bag. And for a long time, I wore mittens so that I couldn't open the sleeping bag.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate. When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: You can always tell who went to catholic school, because they're atheists. You can always tell who went to catholic school, because they're atheists.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: The moment I walk into a room, I have kind of like the Terminator's tracking system for where the food is, and I can get there immediately. The moment I walk into a room, I have kind of like the Terminator's tracking system for where the food is, and I can get there immediately.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I used to think I was a little unstable, and then I met every girl I've ever dated. I used to think I was a little unstable, and then I met every girl I've ever dated.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody. I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians. I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: One of my favourite movies is 'Annie Hall' because it's about the silver lining of the break-up. One of my favourite movies is 'Annie Hall' because it's about the silver lining of the break-up.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody. Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: If you tried to sell Mike Birbiglia as a concept, no one would buy it. If you tried to sell Mike Birbiglia as a concept, no one would buy it.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage. Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance. Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I almost can't even put to words how happy I am that I got married. I almost can't even put to words how happy I am that I got married.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: People are making better and better small budge independent films these days. People are making better and better small budge independent films these days.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I don't drink a lot. My family calls me an old soul. And my friends call me a pussy. I don't drink a lot. My family calls me an old soul. And my friends call me a pussy.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear. I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist. Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.' A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.'
Mike Birbiglia quotes: The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short. The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24. You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying. I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film. I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer. How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I got an E-Trade account. Turns out I can turn $1,000 into $420 in less than a week. Sure, I had to pay some fees ... I got an E-Trade account. Turns out I can turn $1,000 into $420 in less than a week. Sure, I had to pay some fees ...
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Pain is funnier than love. Pain is funnier than love.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I'm going to end up making twenty films if people let me. I'm going to end up making twenty films if people let me.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie. Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: My family isn't really Italian. We're more like Olive Garden Italian. My family isn't really Italian. We're more like Olive Garden Italian.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Sometimes my fans are too nice. Sometimes my fans are too nice.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: I couldn't recommend more that people put themselves in a situation where they can see a lot of work that they admire, and for free. I couldn't recommend more that people put themselves in a situation where they can see a lot of work that they admire, and for free.
Mike Birbiglia quotes: Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films. Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.

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