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Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you.

~Mike Birbiglia

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The economy of film forces you to make choices.

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If you're asked something on a movie set and you say 'I don't know,' you lose confidence in every department. What you need to say is 'I'll have that for you in five minutes.'

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It used to be that if you got on 'The Tonight Show,' your career was made. Now, if you're on 'The Tonight Show,' maybe 14 more people show up to your gig in Tulsa.

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I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that hang out together.

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I grew up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and went to college in Washington D.C.

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I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy.

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

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You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.

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Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert halls, and had an off-Broadway show with 'Sleepwalk With Me.'

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: June 20th, 1978

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