American - Comedian | June 20, 1978 -
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
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When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.
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One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.
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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.
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I'm incapable of feeling any joy.
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I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.
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I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk.
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Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.
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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.
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Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.
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Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you.
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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 the soccer team, and my father would say, 'Don't tell anyone.'
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