"I think I might be opening for the popemobile driving in," Gaffigan jokes to Fresh Air's Terry Gross.
A practicing Catholic, Gaffigan has made his faith a central part of his comedy, both in his stand-up act and in his TV series, The Jim Gaffigan Show. But he wasn't always comfortable talking about his beliefs. When he was starting out, he says, "I really steered away from it."
Over the years, though, Gaffigan warmed to the idea of including his faith in his work. "My faith is very personal," he says. "It's not something that I want to project on other people, but some of my fear and anxiety surrounding it, I think, provides some good comedy for my act."
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/443070367/comic-jim-gaffigan-on-stand-up-faith-and-opening-for-the-pope
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