Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan
James Christopher "Jim" Gaffiganis an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, voice-over artist, and author. His humor largely revolves around fatherhood, observations, and food. He is also regarded as a "clean" comic, using little profanity in his routines. He has had several successful comedy specials, including Mr. Universe and Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed, both of which received Grammy nominations. His memoir, Dad Is Fatand his most recent book, Food: A Love Story, are both published by Crown Publishers. He co-created and currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 July 1966
CountryUnited States of America
Jim Gaffigan quotes about
Faith is something that's - it's hard to articulate. It's - there's - it's not based on logic.
Isn't it strange -- when you're single, all you see is couples, and when you're part of a couple, all you see are hookers.
There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.
Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.
Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January.
I like that in my audiences, there's a lesbian couple sitting next to a Mormon family.
I come from a very big family... nine parents.
Pie can’t compete with cake. Put candles in a cake, it’s a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, and somebody’s drunk in the kitchen.
Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay.
Lean Pockets, I don't even wanna know what's in those. I wonder what the directions are on a box of Lean Pockets: 'Remove from box, place directly in toilet.' Flush Pocket!
Kale is a superfood and it’s special power is tasting bad.
As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts.
Some people that work for Hot Pockets came to my Denver Paramount Theater show. They brought these hot pocket boxes the size of suit cases for me to sign. I wrote "these are WMD's" on the boxes. The HP people seem to have a good sense of humor about all of it.
I'd really like to promote my increasing consumption of bacon.