Jim Breuer Quotes

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Jim Breuer

Profession : Comedian

Birth : July 21, 1967

Caregivers need humor not only for the healing aspect but also to lift our spirits and inspire us to keep doing what we are doing.

Jim Breuer

If you can step back and laugh at yourself and at a situation, it's healing.

Jim Breuer

Laughter is what connects pretty much all pain.

Jim Breuer

In high school the dream was to go on a stand-up tour and front a heavy metal band. I always had that in the back of my head.

Jim Breuer

My dream was to be the biggest comic with the biggest band, touring together.

Jim Breuer

I'm a family guy who grew up with metal, and even though I'm domesticated I still have this in me.

Jim Breuer

I'm a die-hard Metallica fan, I know the guys.

Jim Breuer

The energy of the metal is what I've always loved and the energy I do on stage with standup, I mean, I'm not Metallica, but I've always extremely attracted and driven by that energy and the thought-provoking lyrics and drive. That's an attitude every standup show I go in. I go in to crush your face.

Jim Breuer

Everywhere I go, I feel the city out. I walk around and get there early, and I go off the cuff with whatever's going on in town.

Jim Breuer

Before I even got 'Saturday Night Live,' I was already known as the furthest thing from a goat boy. I had a stand-up routine, which I was all ready to do on HBO, before 'Saturday Night Live,' so if my routine was dependent on being a goat, I would want to quit.

Jim Breuer

I have a weird fan base, people from all over the place for some reason.

Jim Breuer

Twenty years is what it takes to become a marriage warrior.

Jim Breuer

The thing that's gotten me everywhere in my standup is talking about my family. I started doing it back in high school. I don't think our society looks at marriage and family enough. I think we've gone off course.

Jim Breuer

I have been fortunate enough to have a diverse career - appearing on TV, touring the country and meeting tons of celebrities, even hanging out with rock stars - and it has been a blast.

Jim Breuer

Obviously, being a diehard Mets fan, my passion is a given, but I also love playing baseball. I hadn't been able to participate since high school, when the game became a little too fast for me.

Jim Breuer

I've been around comedians that try their bits around you. I hate that.

Jim Breuer

I came from a blue-collar family where we busted each other's chops and found the funny in tragedies.

Jim Breuer

I'm not going to make fun of something that has badly traumatized someone's life.

Jim Breuer