The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.
Mike BirbigliaI went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky.
Mike BirbigliaI never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'
Mike BirbigliaIn my twenties, I thought it was getting a sitcom. Then I got a sitcom pilot in my early thirties, and realized I didn't want it. It was a rude awakening. When it wasn't picked up, I was crushed, but then in retrospect I've made two films and produced three one-man shows since then. It's the luckiest thing that happened in my life.
Mike Birbiglia