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 BirbigliaI like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film.
Mike BirbigliaYou need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up.
Mike BirbigliaMy writing process is very feedback based - I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting... and then rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite. Chris Gethard and I have been on the road a lot together. When we get on the bus at night, we talk about the jokes that didn't work and the joke possibilities that could work. I think this is a little different from other writers.
Mike Birbiglia