Jim Breuer

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

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

My whole family is extremely blue collar - teachers and police officers probably make up half my family. My father was a garbage man.

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.

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

You can't judge people for what you see for two seconds.

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

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.

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

I know I'm not a rock star.

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

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.

The greatest thing that I had in my life was those moments with my dad that I sacrificed. I looked at him as a soldier. He's a wounded soldier. It's my duty as a human to take care of this soldier.

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.

I never left my street until I was 16 years old. I didn't have to. I was entertained on that street forever. We were outside all day. The only reason to go inside was to sleep and eat.

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.

On the DVD 'Hardcore,' half the material was about me growing up in Valley Stream.

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

A lot of my stand-up point of view is family - not Disney but dealing with teenagers.

The Mets represent life and the reality of life, the winning, the losing, the hope, the faith. You stick with them through the ups and the downs, the heartbreaks. Every year you always have hope. You always have faith, even when they break your heart. You get mad, but you stick with them. They're humbling.