Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I still like to shock, but the jokes are less sexist. It's just that, at one point in my stories, there was… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that they only seem to mention things in the Bible that are within a 5 mile radius of… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I feel like, at times, I've been seen as the dirty stepchild of Australian comedy. I think there's a few people out… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Do you think pandas know they're Chinese and they're taking the one child policy a bit too seriously? — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I think only things that are personal to us offend us. It's always bizarre when people who would normally laugh at an… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I don't think comedy really does change people's minds; I think you can only get someone who is almost ready to change… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If I didn't have a gig, I used to ring up all the comedy clubs across the country and go, 'If anyone… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There's a theory with comedy that you shouldn't do anything that's too topical in your specials because people won't be able to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There are two types of actors. There's the actors who can acknowledge that they could never do standup comedy. Then there's the… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“There's a lot of guys up there who like wearing a suit or try doing jokes that they think will play to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
What comedy does, for the most part, is it voices something so simplistically that people will agree with us, and then once… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
In the stand-up comedy top, there's room for everyone - if you're good, there's room for everyone. You'll put on your own… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
You can't worry too much about what you think the audience wants to hear. You just have to hope that you're a… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There's two types of hecklers. If someone says something really funny it's normally them heckling as part of the show. They're trying… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I probably get a bit more backlash in Australia than I do in America, to be honest. I was never invited to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Comedy comes out of everyone's worst day. No one writes a sitcom episode about everyone having a good day. It's always about… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
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,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I don't think comedy really does change people's minds; I think you can only get someone who is almost ready to change their mind.… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I don't think that I am a Lefty in the sense that I grew up in countries that have a universal health-care system, but… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I like to weed out the people who aren't going to enjoy me straight off the bat. If you look at all my specials,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I used to be of the opinion that it didn't matter who you voted for. The world balanced itself out and kept on truckin'.… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
In my own life, hate has consumed me at times. Or envy. When my TV show was canceled, I didn't think it deserved to… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
There's a theory with comedy that you shouldn't do anything that's too topical in your specials because people won't be able to watch them… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I have an uncle I no longer talk to because of a joke I made about my grandmother, who is his mother. He's an… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If I didn't have a gig, I used to ring up all the comedy clubs across the country and go, 'If anyone drops out,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God. — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I definitely think the formula to making my character seem sweet is to let him act like a jerk, give him a redeeming moment,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
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