Quotes from Jim Breuer

I find myself laughing at a lot of things, from slapstick to dark humor. I'm pretty much all over the place.

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

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.

There are so many people that, as I go across the country, say, 'I was a student and I used to come see you.'

One of the things I did, I would go, 'Dad, I know you don't know how to work YouTube, but wait until you see this concert. I found Hank Williams in 1940. And look at this.' Then that brings on memories and it brings happiness and it gives him a little extra breath in life.

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.

Volbeat is one of those bands, where as soon as I hear them, I know who it is. It sounds like Elvis - backed by a Metal band.

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

I grew up an '80s metal guy.

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

The faith world to me is like a radio station. It's there. And if you want to plug in and listen to it, kind of tune into it, it can definitely be helpful. I don't know if it's an energy? I don't know what it is, but it fascinates me.

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.

To me, morality and family is more important than anything else in life. You don't get a second chance at it. Vanity, ego and all that is not something I get to take to the grave.

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.

Humility is one of the key aspects of spirituality, and along with comedy, a key component of healing.

I was a very naive kid. I didn't know there were people living in closets in Hollywood.

Don't ever underestimate someone's ability to live for the moment. At the end of the day everyone has a 'Mr. Rock n Roll' in them.

My passions are stand-up comedy, hard rock and metal, and baseball and the Mets.

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

When the energy is really high, I feed off it. Those are the nights where I really take a left turn and we just go.

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.

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.

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

I have a deep respect for life in general; just a huge, deep respect for life. And I have definitely grasped onto the fact that every minute, every moment, to be grateful and thankful for. Because we really don't know what's two seconds away. We really don't. It's so unpredictable.