No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much. Jim Gaffigan More Quotes by Jim Gaffigan More Quotes From Jim Gaffigan It doesn't matter if you're religious or not. Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, I'd like to talk to you about Jesus? Jim Gaffigan religiousdoejesus You could say that to the pope. I want to talk to you about Jesus. He'd be like, easy, freak. Jim Gaffigan freakwantjesus "Entertainers Of Faith," funnyman Jim Gaffigan isn't ashamed of his Catholicism. He's seen here leaving a New York comedy club with his Bible in hand. Jim Gaffigan leavingnew-yorkhands I've been outed as a Christian. Jim Gaffigan christian That's my private business. Besides, the perception is that people that believe in God are stupid. Jim Gaffigan stupidbelievepeople Once you identify yourself as believing something, you open yourself to ridicule. Jim Gaffigan ridiculebelieve My wife and I, we work together. And we wrote this book, "Dad Is Fat." And in the book, I was encouraged constantly by my editor to be more personal and talk about more personal experiences. Jim Gaffigan editorsdadbook I spent most of my adult life essentially agnostic or an atheist. Jim Gaffigan agnosticadultsatheist I am somebody who - my path to my faith is very kind of individual, and I don't want to be lumped into the category of those Westboro Baptists. Jim Gaffigan baptistspathwant My faith is very personal. It's not something that I want to project on other people. Jim Gaffigan projectswantpeople I grew up in a Catholic family in the Midwest. And I knew people of different faiths and people that were atheists and people that were agnostic. Jim Gaffigan catholicatheistpeople 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. Jim Gaffigan waramericathinking I was still rooting for Notre Dame.It's like there's the cultural Catholic experience. Jim Gaffigan notre-damedamescatholic The main course was fish and it was good ! That’s amazing, those are the miracles we’re looking for. I mean, because, in general, let’s be honest : Fish is disgusting. When you go out to dinner, maybe it’s just me – maybe I ’m normal – when I go out to dinner, I ’m never like, ‘ Instead of getting a delicious steak, I ’ll get the fish, because I like disgusting food. ’ I never do that, because fish is disgusting. Jim Gaffigan entertainment I'm from Indiana. I know what you're thinking, Indiana... Mafia. But in Indiana it's not like New York where everyone's like, 'We're from New York and we're the best' or 'We're from Texas and we like things big' it's more like 'We're from Indiana and we're gonna move.' Jim Gaffigan newbestyouthinking I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors. Jim Gaffigan findsomeknowpeople It's a lifetime, right ? it's like describing the Fall of Saigon, you know, there's so many emotions. I think it's gon na be really interesting to see culturally how we all grow to understand what we went through. You know what I mean ? Like we know that there's psychological effects, we know that it's probably been harder on kids. Jim Gaffigan Oh my gosh. It was unbelievable. It was so rewarding, you're performing for people that are wearing a mask, which is not ideal, but it there is an energy that people appreciate. It's a luxury to go to a live show, you know ? Jim Gaffigan I didn't really write standup during the the first year and a half. Jim Gaffigan We were notified that, understandably, [ the hospital ] is under a lot of pressure. They are working crazy hours. We can't provide PPE( protective equipment) but we thought we could send over some burgers. So, we teamed up with Shake Shack and sent over food for a whole shift, these medical workers need just a little brightness in their day, anything. Jim Gaffigan
