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I don't want to be a TV star for the sake of being on TV. I want to have a TV show that's based around my comedy.

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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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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My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that.
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I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird - growing up in Indiana, I wanted to get out, and now I completely romanticize Indiana. It just seems like there's a greater focus on family back there, which I suppose is something that kind of stayed with me.
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How'd we come up with the robe? Was some guy just like, 'Hey, I've got an idea! Why don't we make a coat out of a towel? You can have a little belt that goes around. You could dunk the belt in the toilet! Have a toilet belt.'
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I don't want to get involved in the culture war. Religion's iffy.
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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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The only advantage to wearing glasses is that you can do that dramatic removal.
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I'd really like to promote my increasing consumption of bacon.
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Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?
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Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.
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Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?
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I'm there to make people laugh. I'm not trying to come across as sexy.
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That's not to say that I'm a well-informed Catholic. I'm still in idiot.
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I come from a very big family. Nine parents.
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Kale is a superfood and it’s special power is tasting bad.
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It really never came up, but I think that in present-day America, they're - you know, and I touched on it in the initial clip - is that we are in the middle of this culture war.
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Have you seen the bologna that has the olives in it? Who's that for? 'I like my bologna like a martini. With an olive.' 'I'll have the bologna sandwich - dirty.'
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I think I grew up with the idea that God was a punishing being, constructed around rules.
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Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you.
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Weight Watchers says nothing tastes better than thin feels. I can think of a thousand things that taste better than thin feels.
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