Whenever I'm out of town for at least a week, I feel like I should write a postcard or something, but you can be a genius, you try and write a postcard you come across like a moron anyway: 'This city's got big buildings. I like food. Bye.' Jim Gaffigan More Quotes by Jim Gaffigan More Quotes From Jim Gaffigan The DC Improv food is amazingly edible for a comedy club. Jim Gaffigan comedy-clubs clubs comedy I'd have to say Sunset Salsa. Nothing against Honey Lime, but it's for losers. Jim Gaffigan sunset loser honey Cookies at both of them. The cookies are probably better at Letterman though. Jim Gaffigan letterman cookies I would say that now I'm somebody who goes to church. Jim Gaffigan church That's not to say that I'm a well-informed Catholic. I'm still in idiot. Jim Gaffigan idiot wells catholic 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. Jim Gaffigan lunatic bases needs I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism. Jim Gaffigan narcissism comedy thinking 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 entertainment comedy ideas My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things. Jim Gaffigan kind ideas A lot of the teachings really kind of keep me grounded. Jim Gaffigan grounded kind teaching The reason I say I'm a horrible person is I don't want myself to be presented as somebody who's a great Catholic. Jim Gaffigan horrible-person catholic want The idea of being a practicing Catholic, it's - for me, it's like - I need a lot of practice, you know what I mean? Jim Gaffigan practice mean ideas I think I grew up with the idea that God was a punishing being, constructed around rules. Jim Gaffigan grew-up ideas thinking I lived across from a Catholic church for 15 years that I never went into. And then I got married to my wife and - you know, and now we're going in there every other day baptizing a kid. Jim Gaffigan wife kids years There has been this belief among the Catholic community - and this - I'm no expert, this is my opinion - that cafeteria Catholics are wrong. Jim Gaffigan catholic community experts I think what Pope Francis is saying is that nobody's perfect, you know? And so someone like Joe Biden, you know, where - you know, when he was running for president, people were - there were some bishops that were like don't let him have the Eucharist. And Pope Francis is saying that's not the point of this. Jim Gaffigan running people thinking I would say I'm - in the show, I'm a cultural Catholic, which is what I was. Jim Gaffigan catholic shows I don't want to pick a team. I want to make people laugh and hopefully bring some - be humorous about the human experience, you know, whether they're people of any stripes of life. Jim Gaffigan team humorous laughing I do just want to do jokes. I don't want to be a divisive figure. Jim Gaffigan jokes figures want I smoke crack. I get all my dancers together and we do a prayer. Jim Gaffigan dancer prayer together
