“I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.” ThinkingBodyActorsInterestingPerformancesAppreciationVersus Author:Jamie Bell
“It's hard to define somebody by one movie. I mean, unfortunately, my entire life was basically made by Billy Elliot. It was kind of created by that one catalytic moment.” KindMeanMadeHardMomentsBilly Elliot Author:Jamie Bell
“I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." That's so tricky to me.” I CanMomentsOne ThingProudAchievementFingersTrickyGreatest AchievementProudest Moments Author:Jamie Bell
“I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.” IfsThinkingTwoMatterBallsPersistenceTwo ThingsBeing YourselfSwingsMantras Author:Jamie Bell
“I'm kind of like a guy who's missing a little bit of the guy gene. Like, I love steak, but the notion of golfing is the last thing I would want to do. I love women, but I'm also a mama's boy, and some of my best friends are women. So I'm kinda half guy's guy.” WantKindLittlesLastsGuyBitsHalfBoysMissingLittle BitNotionGenesMy Best FriendMamaGolfingSteakMama's Boy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I like bowling. It's just one of those things where I can do so many jokes about it because I do know bowling. Somebody once said, "The whitest things in the world are Jim Gaffigan and bowling."” KnowsWorldSaidI CanCan DoJokesJust OneBowling Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Television's very much a writer's medium, as it probably should be, but if you're not the writer, then as the performer, you defer to that. It's just kind of how it's constructed. Is there some leeway? Yeah. But I also don't want to come across as a jerk.” IfsWantShouldKindTelevisionYeahMediumsPerformersJerk Author:Jim Gaffigan
“For a comedian to kind of catch onto something right as something's catching on in our culture, a lot of it is luck, and you hope the joke is funny.” KindCultureJokesLuckComedianCatchingCatching On Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I kind of consider myself... I mean, I try to have my comedy be accessible, and if people are paying $30 to see me in a theater and they want to have their picture taken with me, it's not the end of the world. It's one of those things, where I'm not the only comic who does it. A lot of comics do it. If I'm doing a 4,000-seat venue, it might be a little bit of a different task, but it's all good.” PeopleIfsWorldWantTryingKindMeanLittlesDoeDifferentEndsMightBitsTakenComedyLittle BitTasksTheaterComicSeatsEnd Of The WorldVenuesPicture Taken Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I always want my standup act to appeal to everybody in the room, and when I started standup, and I would see people talk about their kids and their wife, and I'd always cringe a little bit, like, 'I can't get a date, I don't know what you're talking about.'” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesI CanKidsBitsRoomsTalkingWifeLittle BitAppealsCringe Author:Jim Gaffigan