305 Quotes by Mike Birbiglia

I think spending a lot of time with my mom, who's a talker and a storyteller, and my dad, who has kind of a soft-spoken, understated sense of humor, I think that's how I became what I am, which is sort of an understated storyteller.

Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a room together that can laugh at the same time, but I think of it almost as, like, a religious experience.

The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is.

When I moved to New York, I was wide-eyed. I was nice to everyone, which comedians hate.

I feel like people have more in common than the news reports.

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.

People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing. I don't even talk about it on stage, because it would take too long to explain.

Making a film is beyond exciting. It's so exciting, it's exhausting.

Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films.