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
came clubs comedy food hear onstage ordering people view
The way I view comedy clubs is, people are drinking, they're ordering food, they're out for the night, and there's also a person onstage talking. And with the theater, they came to the theater, and they're waiting to hear what you say. So you'd better have something to say.
comedy desired famous life philip starting
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.
amount comedy door level money nights pay seven watch
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and they would pay me a nominal amount of money to be there.
drama together comedy
I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen did. They merged principles of comedy and drama together, and that's what my first film really was, a stab at that kind of comedy.
college comedy film
I was a screenwriting major in college, and really wanted to do that after I graduated, but there are no job listings for that, as we all know. I had many classmates that made it in the business, but stand-up comedy was my way in, and my first film 'Sleepwalk with Me' was based on those autobiographical experiences.
feelings comedy awkwardness
Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy.
real tragedy comedy
I feel like we can prove in real time the old trope that comedy is tragedy plus time.
art opinion comedy
The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
comedy divides
Comedy unites, it doesn't divide!
tragedy different comedy
Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.
stars comedy aids
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.
interesting comedy
All techniques of comedy are valid and interesting to me.
comedy reluctant one-thing
The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.
laughing jazz comedy
Sometimes when I do a joke and it doesn't get a lot of laughs, it kind of feels like I'm doing jazz. That's kinda cool because jazz is cool, but sometimes jazz sucks ... Maybe I'm the Kenny G of comedy.