Joe Rogan: Some people get tired of the stress. I mean Jim and I were talking about how much we love stand-up and we would never quit doing it. But everybody's got a different psychological make-up. And for some people, the anxiety of performance is really intense.
Jim Gaffigan: Its also, I think some of it is luck. I mean it is a real cruel business.
JR: Yes.
JG: So, I mean, I was definitely an angry guy. A lot of people were successful before me and I was angry for a couple years.
JR: You were bitter?
JG: Yeah.
JR: Really? How did you get yourself out of that?
JG: Therapy.
JR: Really?
JR: Yeah. You know. And just also I came to the conclusion that I was not doing stand-up... you know I wanted to be... I was happy for my friends' success but I felt like I was a failure. But like I had to come to the conclusion: What is success? And what success is, is like doing what you love and actually getting paid for it. And so then I adopted that attitude. And then things started going my way.
Joe Rogan Experience #193: Jim Gaffigan / aprox 50:56
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