Jim Gaffigan Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Up Early, Acting, Like You

• I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Desire, Acting, Actors

  "Jim Gaffigan talks Domino's, Law & Order, and having the gall to accept serious acting roles". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. January 28, 2010.

• I'd been acting and doing stand-up in New York about eight years, getting rejected, and I finally got the opportunity to do stand-up on Letterman, which holds even more importance for me. With comedians, that's definitely the pinnacle, but being from Indiana, it was a big to-do.

  Jim Gaffigan

  New York, Opportunity, Eight

  "Partly Howdy - Jim Gaffigan Is a Midwestern Weatherman Who Takes On The Big City in 'Welcome To New York'". "The Record" Newspaper, November 29, 2000.

• It's weird, I love acting and stand-up is a very unique, solitary thing where you are the writer, performer and director. But acting is incredibly rewarding, working and interacting with people to create funny moments. I can't imagine not doing acting or stand-up, I really enjoy both of them that much.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Unique, People, Acting

  "Ask Jim Gaffigan". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. November 28, 2007.

• In stand up, you get an awareness of how you come across, but in acting there is almost a hyper-awareness on how you might be physically perceived.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Acting, Might, Awareness

  "Interview: Comedian Jim Gaffigan in Chicago for 'Dad is Fat'". Interview with Patrick McDonald, www.hollywoodchicago.com. May 8, 2013.

• Stand-up is so rewarding, and I enjoy the acting opportunities I've had, but the only time I really feel bad is when I feel like I have this manufactured belief that I should be doing something else or there should be some type of recognition. On an intellectual level, I know it's stupid.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Stupid, Opportunity, Intellectual

  Source: www.avclub.com

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