Jim Gaffigan Quotes about Comedy

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I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators.

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Guy, Comedy

"Underneath that pasty exterior beats the dark heart of a comic". Interview with John Wenzel, www.denverpost.com. October 10, 2008.

I've never tried fatback. Probably 'cause it's called fatback. I don't know which word creeps me out more: fat or back. Why don't they just throw in "hairy" while they're at it? "This is some delicious hairy fatback."

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Causes, Comedy

I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life.

Jim Gaffigan

Thinking, Ideas, Comedy

"Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

Lifetime is television for women. Yet for some reason, there's always a woman getting beaten on that channel. "In a Lifetime original, Meredith Baxter-Berney gets beaten with a rod. In a Lifetime original, Rod."

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Television, Comedy

When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people are really much more educated on stand-up comedy.

Jim Gaffigan

People, Comedy, Educated

Source: www.npr.org

Some of my fear and anxieties surrounding faith, I think, provides some good comedy for my act.

Jim Gaffigan

Thinking, Anxiety, Comedy

Source: www.npr.org

"I got up early because I wanted to." - Nobody

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Up Early, Comedy

FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Feb 22, 2013

My goal in life is to be as happy as a studio audience.

Jim Gaffigan

Funny, Goal, Comedy

FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Feb 05, 2013

My comedy is romanticized laziness.

Jim Gaffigan

Laziness, Comedy

"Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: ‘Hot Pocket’ Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

Stand-up comedy in the end, unlike the rest of the entertainment industry, is a meritocracy. There's a certain level of undeniability you can work toward.

Jim Gaffigan

Levels, Entertainment, Comedy

Source: www.avclub.com

Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

Jim Gaffigan

Firsts, Comedy, Financial

"Jim Gaffigan Talks to Brian Regan About Hating Being Called a 'Clean' Comedian, Resisting Hollywood, and Playing Big Venues". Interview with Jim Gaffigan, www.vulture.com. September 23, 2015.

I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism.

Jim Gaffigan

Thinking, Comedy, Narcissism

"Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of - at least for me, there's some kind of idea of control.

Jim Gaffigan

Ideas, Entertainment, Comedy

"Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.