I'm not a foodie; I'm an eatie. I don't have anything against foodies. I just don't have the time or the interest to do that much research. Jim Gaffigan More Quotes by Jim Gaffigan More Quotes From Jim Gaffigan I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was. Jim Gaffigan midwestnew-yorkthinking I grew up 45 minutes outside of Chicago. Jim Gaffigan minuteschicagogrew-up Be more assertive with what you want to do. Jim Gaffigan assertivewhat-you-wantwant I've always been somebody that it takes me longer to learn things, but once I learn them... I'm like a quarterback that plays best in the fourth quarter. Jim Gaffigan fourth-quarterquartersplay I had some jokes that were dirty. And some of it is when I started making appearances on Conan and Letterman back in the late '90s, I think. You had to remove the curse words, or you couldn't do some of the more explicit jokes. Jim Gaffigan conandirtythinking The ridiculousness and idiocy of life is embraced and examined. It nurtures the childhood perspective in everyone. Jim Gaffigan childhoodperspectivelife-is I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the curse words as kind of a crutch. So then I just started writing. Jim Gaffigan kinddonewriting I think when I started doing stand-up, that's when I really tried to question everything in my belief system which is - I think a pretty important part of being a comedian is really questioning things. Jim Gaffigan comedianimportantthinking I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and weird and whatever they are in New York. Jim Gaffigan notiondifferentnew-york You didn't question - kind of like, you would go to college. You would wear a tie to work. You would, you know, you would work for 40 years. And then you would play golf for three years, and then you would die. That was how I was raised. Jim Gaffigan tiescollegegolf I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been raised with. Jim Gaffigan logicmotherthinking I never went to church when I was in college, either. Jim Gaffigan churchcollege I would say my return to my faith is - it's a very personal thing. Jim Gaffigan personal-thingsreturn I reached a point in my life where I didn't really like who I was.I was married to an amazing woman. I had children, and yet there was frustration. Jim Gaffigan marriedfrustrationchildren Now the Thanksgiving meal is just so unnecessarily difficult. I mean even mashed potatoes - it's like the most difficult kind of, you know, medieval idea. All right, instead of just cooking them, why don't you spend, like, eight hours peeling them and then we'll have to mash them up. It feels like prison labor, really. Jim Gaffigan eightmeanideas I love standup comedians. I really do. Jim Gaffigan stand-up-comediancomedian The idea of having a large family, I definitely had a romantic notion of it. Jim Gaffigan large-familynotionideas Faith is something that's - it's hard to articulate. It's - there's - it's not based on logic. Jim Gaffigan hardlogic I didn't think that it's something that would happen. I didn't think I would be in the position, emotionally or financially, to be able to do that. But I've been lucky [to have big family]. Jim Gaffigan big-familieswould-bethinking 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. Jim Gaffigan mentwochildren
