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Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just a big fan of comedy.

~Mike Birbiglia

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As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you do what you have to do to pay New York rent and continue to do what you feel strongly about.

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I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.

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

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One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.

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You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.

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I'm incapable of feeling any joy.

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I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.

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I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk.

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I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: June 20th, 1978

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