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 Read Quote
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 a big fan of comedy. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
As artists, we’d all love to not be commercial – to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you do what you have to do to pay New York rent and continue to do what you feel strongly about. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn’t sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
Backup dancers are completely respectable. They’re the studio musicians of dance. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
There’s something about small venues that’s amazing for developing material. It’s almost like you can not only hear people’s response, but you can understand it. In bigger venues you lose that, but you gain this sense of camaraderie in the audience. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
