Jim Gaffigan Quotes
Stand-up is an amazing art form, I think, because it's all about you having complete control of the situation, but absolutely none.
Quotes to Explore
-
The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
-
I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
-
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
-
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
-
Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
-
I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
-
I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
-
I am a self-critical perfectionist.
-
If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
-
It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
-
We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
-
I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
-
Lovers should also have their days off.
-
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
-
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
-
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
-
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
-
Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
-
The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.
-
When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.
-
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
-
There are players there that you wished you could have on your squad. . . . I had some tough conversations today.
-
In the Year 2000 men will finally discover that the reason women go to the bathroom in pairs... is to make out.
-
Stand-up is an amazing art form, I think, because it's all about you having complete control of the situation, but absolutely none.
