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
night journey college
When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City to see the classic 'Paradigm Lost' revue - with Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff. It blew my mind, and proved to me you can do sketch comedy like you're doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night.' We could treat it like theater.
people admire situation
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.
passionate want feels
I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.
thinking laughing serious
I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But theyre also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.
funny baby humor
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.
funny believe humor
I was made to believe that my life was going to be fixed and it wasn't. I'm still the same loser who had flown to Los Angeles on my sister's frequent flier miles just six days before.
funny hate humor
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?"
laughing film dramatic
I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film.
writing trying feedback
My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting, and then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite.
interesting comedy
All techniques of comedy are valid and interesting to me.
funny self-esteem humor
So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I had been meaning to knock it down to negative 1000.
funny cocky humor
I went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky.
funny dad humor
I didn't realize how good I was with technology until I met my parents... my dad told me "You're good; you should be a computer programmer." I said, "You're bad... you should be a caveman."
spirit habit improvisation
I have this habit of asking 'why do you want to do it?' and then interrupting them to say, 'here's why you want to do it.' Because it's in the 'yes...and' spirit [rule of improvisation].