Jim Jefferies Quotes

I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.

Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.

I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids.

It is no small thing that the juiciest and most complicated roles of my life have come post-having two children.

I think I'm gradually becoming a more politically aware person.

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

If you're trying to talk about public issues and politics and showcase it in a positive, different way, I think people like the idea.

I've become more cause-driven as I've got older. Maybe that's a result of having kids; you become less carefree and more worried about things.

I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.

Look, I get it. Whether it's school, work, family, we've all got a lot on our minds. People say to me, "I'm just too busy to think about politics." But here's the thing: You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

That's my whole motivation in life - to educate people to become better a citizen, better person, better son, and better father.

It's hard not to be political.

My life is divided up into before I had kids and after.

I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.

If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show.

I used to write about experiences that a 20-year-old would write about - going out with your friends, having a drink. You know, things were a little bit sexier in a different way. Now, you know, I'm a mom, and I want to filter some of the things that I say.

It's fun to play a part in the process of helping to inform readers about their political leaders.

Being attentive to the things that add meaning to our lives alongside politics will help us inform our politics with the values that really do make America great.

Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.

I have a friend who's extremely into politics, and I learned a lot from them.

I am an aware citizen, so I want my characters to be aware, too. They should be aware of what's happening in the society and make a commentary. They're not in a la la land.

I do feel like I've changed a great deal, but not anything outside of the norm of what most people experience as they grow and they take on the responsibilities of parenthood and being more engaged in their business and all that stuff. I think it's a pretty natural evolution.