Jim Breuer Quotes

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Jim Breuer

Profession : Comedian

Birth : July 21, 1967

I started out in 1989 doing open mic nights. The first 10 years, I was literally all about I'm going to be a star. I want leather pants, I want a kangaroo, I want to be on 'MTV Cribs,' I want to go to the mall with a pet monkey and I want everyone to go, 'Wow, that guy's huge, he's successful.'

Jim Breuer

I can't see myself every leaving. I love New Jersey.

Jim Breuer

If I can bring you to the point where you're almost in tears one minute and laughing so hard the next and you've healed a bit at the same time, that's when I get to use the gift I was given.

Jim Breuer

I found myself trying to appeal to the 'Half Baked' crowd and I wasn't that guy. It's like dressing up as Batman every day. It's not Halloween every day. It's fun on Halloween, but I can't dress up in that outfit every day when I'm not that anymore or never was that guy.

Jim Breuer

Past? I never look back to the past.

Jim Breuer

You'll very rarely hear me curse now. I think I've changed since I've had children.

Jim Breuer

I wanted to travel and I was fascinated with stand-up and I just knew nothing was ever going to stop me from doing it. My mom tried to, she'd say 'You need to go to school and have a back up.' Nah, mom, this is it.

Jim Breuer

I was hoping for big TV, film, and this and that, but stand-up was the only thing I knew.

Jim Breuer

I like old-school, riff-driven, hard rock music with big hooks!

Jim Breuer

When you're in this business, you're chasing false identities, chasing money and stardom, which is nothing you can hold onto.

Jim Breuer

SNL' pushed my limits. It was great. It taught me about fame, it taught me about the business; it was definitely the best experience, or one of the best, that I've had so far. It was a primer for what was to come and what I want out of life.

Jim Breuer

I realized I don't want anyone to control my destiny, whether it's a network TV show or not. I would rather invest in my own projects and if they fail, they fail on their own merits, not because somebody else mangled it.

Jim Breuer

There's nothing more powerful than stand-up. Crushing with your own material, with your own energy, controlling an audience: There's no better high. It's awesome.

Jim Breuer

So I started as a comic at 18 and got really into it by the time I was 21, 22, so I was on the road a lot. I lived everything I needed to live like a rock star.

Jim Breuer

I don't dwell on the lows too long. I kind of put them away and just start fighting back.

Jim Breuer

There's not a lot of comics with anything to say. It's entertaining, but when you think of Chris Rock, Richard Pryor or Bill Cosby, they all had something to say.

Jim Breuer

Hannibal Buress keeps popping up. His delivery cracks me up. He's smart and funny.

Jim Breuer

SNL' and 'Half-Baked' came and certainly brought me a bigger audience. But I lost the perspective of being a real good comedian.

Jim Breuer

No matter what happens in the future, I still want to be like Carlin, like Dangerfield where I can hit a stage when I'm 85 and still here people cracking up.

Jim Breuer

On stage, you have the instant reaction. I'm in control of my own destiny up there. If I fail, I can always say, 'I should have read that audience better. I don't know why I went in that direction.' In the commercial world, you're not writing your character.

Jim Breuer