A biography for Jim Nortonhasn’t been written yet.
“My instinct is to be honest and make fun of things.”
“I'm boring. I really don't do much.”
“Obviously I'm 100-percent for freedom of expression.”
“I like to keep busy, because otherwise I'd be languishing by myself.”
“I don't worry about the crowds agreeing with me anymore. I want them to laugh and have a good time, but I think they can disagree with you and still enjoy it.”
“Comedians want honest discussion because it affects us. We make our living talking, so anything around language affects us greatly.”
“I don't care if I offend people. I really don't care.”
“Realize that doing comedy is only going to make your depression worse.”
“You can't apologize for who you are on a stage, you can reveal who you are but don't apologize because that's begging the audience to turn on you.”
“My job is to be funny.”
“I got really lucky that at age 12, I knew I just wanted to be a dancing monkey in front of people and entertain them, or try to. It's amazing that at age 12 I realized what a needy life I was gonna have.”
“You just have to believe in what you're saying and be able to explain why you said it. There's nothing I say that I can't back up or at least explain why I came to that conclusion, so I'm not afraid of getting in trouble.”
“While There may be power in forgiveness, there is even more power in lobbing a Molotov cocktail through someone's dining room window.”
“You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.”
“I always wore a hat. They were gonna throw me out of high school because I wouldn't take my hat off. But it was just a deep insecurity about my awful hair.”
“I'm not really great at writing things down unless for a roast or a particular event.”
“It's surreal to be hanging out on Ozzy's patio with him talking politics. It's so funny when people doubt that he's with it because he's a really sharp, smart guy.”
“I hate my hair so much.”
“There are just some things that I don't think jokes are good for.”
“Wherever I go, there is definitely my audience. I would say in some places there's more of them than others, but it's one advantage to performing for a long time and building up kind of a reputation with a certain crowd.”