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Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or produces the most funny.

Jim Gaffigan

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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
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James Christopher Gaffigan
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It's amazing how email has changed our lives. You ever get a handwritten letter in the mail today? 'What the? Has someone been kidnapped?'
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I never went to church when I was in college, either.
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For me, it's always a little sad getting out of bed. Every morning after I get up, I always gaze longingly at my bed and lament, 'You were wonderful last night. I didn't want it to end. I can't wait to see you again.
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My children have made me a better man, which is - in the end, that's probably more important than two more comedy specials or being in better shape.
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I do just want to do jokes. I don't want to be a divisive figure.
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How about those people who don't need sleep? What are they called again? Successful? What a bunch of dicks they are.
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I'm a guy who comes from a small town in the Midwest. It's not in my nature to say the most explicit things in public.
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When I'm in touch with the idea that there is a higher power and that there is, you know, other factors at work, it - it kind of quells my narcissism.
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There were times in my life when I had one thing to do all day, but I still couldn’t get to it. “I gotta go to the post office, but I’d probably have to put on pants. And they’re only open till five. Looks like I’m going to have to do that next week.
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I've had plenty of friends tell me that their first time doing stand-up, they do well, and then they tank for a while after that. Kind of like the first time you do a drug, you're like, Huh! This is pretty darn good, and then you spend all your money trying to get the same high.
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I think the worst professional advice I received was this kind of unspoken message of sit back and wait your turn, or sit back and wait and let other people do things.
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You ever mix two different groups of friends? That can be stressful. You always feel like you have to prep 'em. You're like, These people over here, uh, they don't think I drink. And don't be thrown by my British accent.
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It's kind of hard to articulate, but, like, this notion of mercy, forgiveness, was very appealing for me. It was very profound. And it had a deep impact, and I think it still does.
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The entertainment business is such a strange, crazy perception business that you're either given way too much respect, like people saying, You should be the head of the sitcom! Or you're given no respect, where they're like, You should audition to be the garbage man that lives four houses down.
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There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.
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Bacon's the best, even the frying of bacon sounds like an applause.
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I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.
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I like that in my audiences, there's a lesbian couple sitting next to a Mormon family.
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Some people have their own bowling ball and their own bowling shoes... and no friends.
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I didn't choose to be the guy who talks about the mundane - it's just who I am and it's what kind of works for me.
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