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I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

Mike Birbiglia

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Mike Birbiglia
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 20
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I performed for the U.S. troops in Guantanamo Bay. And signed autographs for people who've been gone from America for so long they didn't realize that I'm not famous.
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I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.
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Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist.
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My family isn't really Italian. We're more like Olive Garden Italian.
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I was made to believe that my life was going to be fixed and it wasn't. I'm still the same loser who had flown to Los Angeles on my sister's frequent flier miles just six days before.
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I don't drink a lot. My family calls me an old soul. And my friends call me a pussy.
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The key is to do what you love.
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Eugene Mirman is the Andy Warhol of comedy. People look to him for what's next in comedy, and he emails these people back promptly. The Will to Whatevs put me in a great mood because I was laughing out loud. Alone. That's hard to do.
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Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.
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I don't smoke a lot of pot anymore. No one wants to hang around a guy who ends every sentence with, Do you guys hate me?
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Success is fleeting. It may not have to do with you but how your work is received.
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My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but you have to also take writing jobs, which means less stage time.
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Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike... dances with wildlife.
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