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I would say I'm - in the show, I'm a cultural Catholic, which is what I was.

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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
Actor
Comedian
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James Christopher Gaffigan
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You ever talk about a movie with someone that read the book? They're always so condescending. 'Ah, the book was much better than the movie.' Oh really? What I enjoyed about the movie: no reading.
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Thanksgiving is the most complicated meal you can think of. Every night, dinner is just pasta. It's just different shapes of pasta.
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I don't think comedians make an active decision to be a certain persona. Comedians write the way they're going to write.
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It's good to be back in New York. I have lived here ten years. I'm originally from Indiana. I know what most of you are thinking: Indiana: Mafia. But the fact of the matter is where I grew up there was something very similar to the Mafia: 4-H.
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Some of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act.
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I'm much more interested in making people laugh than getting applause breaks.
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I just want to be known as funny.
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I don't want people to think I believe in God.
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The only advantage to wearing glasses is that you can do that dramatic removal.
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My goal in life is to be as happy as a studio audience.
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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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