Jim Gaffigan

I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up.

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.

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

No one goes into standup to make money. The frustration and rejection are just too much.

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

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

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

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.

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

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

I just want to be known as funny.

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.