You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up.
Mike BirbigliaThey really cut to the chase in the urologist's examination room, and I tried to laugh. If this office were a movie, it would have been rated R.
Mike BirbigliaWhen I'm taking the subway to my improv shows I will be writing in my notebook different actions that I see people doing on the train whether it's eating yogurt or looking at where their stop is, or tripping or holding a baby. It's not preparing scenes and ideas as much as it is stoking your brain to think observantly. Just to place observations in your head, so that they are available somewhere.
Mike Birbiglia