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Once you identify yourself as believing something, you open yourself to ridicule.
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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Do you ever leave a message for somebody and the answering machine cuts you off, and you have to decide whether you should not call back, or call back and appear like a stalker? Hi. It's me again. I forgot to tell you that I'm going to kill you. Because I'm the freak who keeps calling and calling.
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Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.
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My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.
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It took me a long time to understand not to get caught up in other people's expectations. It really comes down to creative fulfillment. It took me a while to realize I don't want to just be on a show to be on a show.
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That's my private business. Besides, the perception is that people that believe in God are stupid.
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I never went to church when I was in college, either.
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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.
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I know that Colbert could quote Thomas Aquinas and all this, but I'm somebody who, because it's a necessity for me on a personal basis. I need it because I'm a lunatic.
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I was able to make the jump to theaters without having a TV show. My passion for getting a TV show just plummeted. It was like I had already achieved what I wanted to achieve.
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You know, I want to teach, but I don’t want to read?
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It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy.
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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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Playing frisbee with a five year old is amazingly similar to chasing after a frisbee.
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I do have some Catholic stuff that is done from the perspective of an ignorant Catholic. But other than that, topic-wise, there's nothing really filthy.
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I don't know if I'm the husky guy, but I'm the sexy guy who's a good kisser .
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