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" When people look and decide they have nothing in common with me - I'm 43, balding, blond, whatever - there's something absolutely invigorating about winning them over. Even if it's eight people from Sweden who don't understand what I'm talking about. "

Jim Gaffigan

Talking

People

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Jokes

" You know what it's like having five kids? Imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby. "

Jim Gaffigan

Hands

Baby

" Ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither. "

" Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides. "

" There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian. "

Jim Gaffigan

Better

Think

" I'm an eccentric, silly, observational guy, but I'm not gonna frighten off social conservatives. "

" Comics write to their point of view. If you're an exceedingly irreverent comedian, you've got to see where that point of view fits or produces the most funny. "

" I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent. "

" Babies should be classified as an antidepressant. It's pretty hard to be in a bad mood around a 5-month-old baby. "

" All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it. "

" Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about this process. I joke about it: My kids have made me a better person, and I only need, like, 34 more of them to be a really good guy. "

Jim Gaffigan

Change

People

" I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only thing I know. I don't know anything else. "

" Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you. "

" 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. "

" I just want to be known as funny. "

" Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying. "

" 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.' "

" I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield. "

" I would say some of the food I talk about that I really enjoy, like cake and bacon, I eat a lot less than I portray in my act. But that stuff that I dislike, it's pretty sincere. "

" I try to only eat animals that are vegan. I'm probably the opposite of a vegan. "