305 Quotes by Mike Birbiglia

When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.

You can express love by calling out the truth out of the situation as opposed to dancing around it.

You have to be delusional to be a comedian.

When I started out, I really struggled as a comic because no one knew who I was, and sometimes I was telling stories, so it would take a while for people to get on board for things.

It was a hard name having growing up as a child. Some kids would call me names like "Birbiglebug" and "Birbibliography" and "Faggot". Some were more clever than others.

You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the end, and the credits come down, and you're like, 'That's it?! That's the whole thing?! You had me here for that?!' I just don't want to do that.

They 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.

Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.