Jim Jefferies Quotes

#1. I was 13 when I was started questioning and 16 when I stopped believing in God.

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#2. The thing about crazy people; they don't know they are crazy, that's what make them crazy.

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#3. Do you think pandas know they're Chinese and they're taking the one child policy a bit too seriously?

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#4. Nobody cares that you're smart and nobody cares that your kids don't have bruises.

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#5. I have tried reading the Bible but that's a tough read there. I watch a lot of religious documentaries. I have a keen interest in religion for someone who's not religious.

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#6. Because of the way I've made my money or the way I've conducted myself in public to get success, it doesn't make me any better a person. So I always thought money and achievement would make me a more legitimate person, where my family seems to think it's all about actions.

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#7. Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with no storyline, no plot line, and no character development.

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#8. It seems to me that they only seem to mention things in the Bible that are within a 5 mile radius of the guy writing it.

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#9. As for basic jokes about sex and even my religious stuff, I don't find any problems with that, even if I'm gigging in the Bible Belt, because religious people don't come and see me.

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#10. With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like, I'd be really funny in that role, but I'm not good at auditions so I guess I'm not getting that role. It's a very frustrating job.

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#11. God built the world, but he did not know it was round.

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#12. There's a lot of guys up there who like wearing a suit or try doing jokes that they think will play to a certain crowd, or maybe get them corporate work. I've always written jokes that I would want to hear. So, I'm trying to entertain myself more than anything.

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#13. Having your own show, where you're not in trouble all the time, because you're kind of the boss, is a wonderful experience. If I made mistakes everyone was very nice to me.

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#14. Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could get a lot more work on TV playing clean but it's never interesting.

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#15. Before doing stand-up, I thought acting was easy - it's not easy. It's a hard life. It's easy in its own way, you just stand there and talk. But there is a difference between people who can do it well and people who can't.

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#16. Myself and Jamie Moffat did not agree on everything but he always knew I had the experience.

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#17. Here's the thing about people who believe in god ... They're idiots.

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#18. I don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God.

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#19. I've never been the type of guy that had a lot of friends or was part of the cool group.

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#20. I don't write my standup on paper or anything; but I just organically do it on stage, have an idea, chat it up a little bit. I'm keeping notes. I'm trying to keep up with this world and try to bring out a special every year.

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#21. Can't punch women in the face!

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#22. I definitely think the formula to making my character seem sweet is to let him act like a jerk, give him a redeeming moment, and have a sweet song playing over the background when it happens.

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#23. I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you go from being attractive to where they [directors] decided you're out ... I feel like with stand-up comedy, it doesn't matter if I've gotten fatter.

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#24. Christians are like a thirteen year old kid who still believes in Santa.

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#25. We have a drinking game in Australia, it's called drinking.

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#26. I don't want people to leave the show being upset. So if I am trying to do a new joke, and sometimes I will talk about things like gun control or hostile massacre and I notice people being upset I will change the direction.

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#27. I wouldn't perform in front of the Nazis. I hear they didn't take freedom of speech too well. It would be a fun gig to rip into them, but I don't think the ending would be great for me.

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#28. If you hate gay marriage, then don't marry a gay person.

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#29. No matter how successful I got, my mother still thinks I'm a bad person, basically.

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#30. I think only things that are personal to us offend us. It's always bizarre when people who would normally laugh at an AIDS joke won't laugh at a cancer joke, but far more people know somebody who's died from cancer.

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