Mike Birbiglia Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do; I should write one-liners.' And I did. My first album is mostly one-liners.”

“I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.”

“I always live tweet 'SNL.'”

“I 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!'”

“I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.”

“There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school.”

“I just like, when you look at people who have long careers in film, they're able to make films that are far away from themselves, because they're metaphorical. It creates more opportunities, I think.”

“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.”

“I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody.”

“I think your tendency when you play yourself is to accentuate something about you that you think is the funny thing about you.”