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I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.
Jessica Mauboy
Vocal
Inspired
Outstanding
Performance
Looked
Houston
Always
Been
Up
Them
Whitney
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Eurovision is a wonderfully joyous and unique event.
Jessica Mauboy
Joyous
Wonderfully
Unique
Event
When I was growing up, every Sunday was a rest day, so after church, we'd get all my cousins and sisters together, and my parents would take us all shop hopping. We'd go to all the different shops, and Target was always the last on the list; we'd walk in, and Mum would say, 'Go on, go crazy!'
Jessica Mauboy
Day
Crazy
Together
Walk
Church
Sunday
Rest
Parents
Every
Every Sunday
Say
Would
Take
Always
Cousins
Go
Up
Target
Sisters
Get
Shop
List
Shops
Different
After
Us
Growing
Growing Up
Mum
Last
I never went to music school.
Jessica Mauboy
Music
School
Never
Before every performance, you need at least half an hour to focus on what you are about to do: the walk-on and walk-off, the lyrics, how you are going to sing it - like, the original or bring your own personal flavour to it - how are you going to make it the best.
Jessica Mauboy
Best
You
Focus
Half
Before
Own
Every
Lyrics
About
Performance
Hour
Like
Sing
Make
How
Least
Personal
Going
Your
Original
Bring
Need
I would definitely be open to more films if the role was right. I haven't thought about a move to Hollywood, but if there was a good opportunity, and it happened that way, then I would definitely consider it!
Jessica Mauboy
Good
Opportunity
Thought
Films
Consider
Way
Definitely
Would
Good Opportunity
About
More
Open
Role
Move
Happened
Hollywood
Then
Right
I help out at Tall Trees, which my aunt set up on the Central Coast. It's where intellectually impaired young people can paint. Their artwork's sent to hospitals all over Australia to brighten up their rooms.
Jessica McNamee
People
Young
Trees
Out
Impaired
Hospitals
Over
Tall
Aunt
Intellectually
Up
Australia
Artwork
Where
Which
Central
Young People
Sent
Rooms
Coast
Help
Paint
Brighten
Set
They're not posing as being Jesus Christ all the time.
Jim Goad
Time
Christ
Being
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Posing
Hatred is the air I breathe. It permeates every cell in my body.
Jim Goad
Hatred
Every
Air
Cell
Breathe
Body
The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.
Jim Goad
People
Vegan
Whatever
Vegan Diet
Likeable
Obviously
Makes
Essential
Diet
Lacking
I don't believe in gun bans; that's a fallacy that people have, that they think if you believe in gun control you want to ban guns. That's not true.
Jim Jefferies
You
People
Gun
Gun Control
Control
Believe
Think
Guns
True
Fallacy
Ban
Want
If I didn't have a gig, I used to ring up all the comedy clubs across the country and go, 'If anyone drops out, I can be there.' Normally, someone would ring you up the day of. It's just perseverance, being scrappy, being a hustler. The first few years, a lot of it was under-the-table work, so that was good. I think I can say that now.
Jim Jefferies
Work
Good
Day
You
Perseverance
Comedy
First
Country
Few
Think
Say
Out
Gig
Would
Ring
Someone
Hustler
Drops
Go
Years
Lot
Up
Normally
Scrappy
Just
Being
Anyone
Clubs
Across
Used
Now
I go to the fanciest restaurants in the world and try them out. I like to see these chefs that are wizards do their thing. I like two types of food: cheap fast food - In-N-Out Burger, Taco Bell, stuff like that - or expensive food. Anything in between just bothers me.
Jim Jefferies
Food
Me
World
Try
Burger
Types
Out
Restaurants
See
Taco
Bothers
Cheap
Between
Stuff
Like
Chefs
Wizards
Go
Just
Expensive
Anything
In-Between
Them
Fast
Fast Food
Bell
Thing
Two
I have watched every episode of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'... I know a bizarre amount of drag queens now. And it's weird because one of the guys that drives my tour bus in America drove the drag queen show before me, and I used to just sit there and hear all the stories so I could go tell my girlfriend because I knew what a big fan she was.
Jim Jefferies
Me
Queen
Big
Before
Sit
Every
Tell
Bizarre
Girlfriend
Guys
Could
Tour
Tour Bus
Drives
Knew
Weird
Drove
Know
She
Because
Go
Queens
Hear
Big Fan
America
Just
Fan
Stories
Bus
Race
Episode
Used
Show
Now
Amount
Watched
Drag
I like to weed out the people who aren't going to enjoy me straight off the bat. If you look at all my specials, I do start more extreme and then, as I get into it, sort of at the three-quarter mark, I normally have a bit of pathos. Is pathos the right word?
Jim Jefferies
Me
You
People
Word
Weed
Enjoy
Mark
Bat
Extreme
Bit
Right Word
Out
More
Like
Look
Sort
Off
Normally
Get
Going
Pathos
Straight
Then
Who
Right
Start
I've never sat down with the intent of trying to shock or anything like that; it just so happens that the sense of humour I enjoyed watching as a kid is the type of humour I try to emulate as an adult. It's not a decision. It might sound a bit wanky, but it's the truth.
Jim Jefferies
Truth
Try
Decision
Sense
Down
Type
Humour
Bit
Kid
Adult
Never
Like
Emulate
Sound
Shock
Trying
Intent
Just
Anything
Happens
Might
Sat
Enjoyed
Watching
A lot of my stand-up early on was stories from my childhood. And my childhood is over - there's not new childhood stories to come. They've all been mentioned.
Jim Jefferies
Mentioned
Over
New
Come
Been
Lot
Childhood
Stories
Early
I'm not a big Trump fan. I'm not going to lie to anyone and say I am.
Jim Jefferies
Lie
Big
Say
Am
Trump
Going
Anyone
Fan
I had a head injury when I was living in England; I was in the hospital for three days, and they didn't even ask for my name. I spent three days in there. And then, when I was done, I just got up and left. I wasn't a British citizen; I was there on a work permit.
Jim Jefferies
Work
Citizen
Three
Living
Spent
Hospital
Had
Head
Name
Days
Got
Permit
Left
Up
Done
Just
Ask
Then
England
There And Then
Even
Injury
British
Nixon started auditing late-night show hosts because they were making jokes about him. Then, every single one of their staff got tax audits.
Jim Jefferies
Jokes
Single
Every
Late-Night
Nixon
About
Hosts
Him
Because
Got
Making
Were
Staff
Tax
Then
Show
Started
I feel like, at times, I've been seen as the dirty stepchild of Australian comedy. I think there's a few people out there that are pissed off that I made it big overseas.
Jim Jefferies
People
Comedy
Made
Seen
Big
Few
Think
Out
Dirty
Feel
Like
Been
Overseas
Off
Australian
Times
Few People
I think the difference between America and Australia is very simple. It's 20 million people versus 350 million.
Jim Jefferies
People
Simple
Think
Between
Versus
Australia
Very
America
Difference
Million
Million People
I do enjoy having researchers and writers around me because I am getting a lot of different influences now from the opposite sex, different races, people of different ages, who are helping write the routines. So I am seeing things from other people's perspectives, which I never really had to do before.
Jim Jefferies
Me
People
Sex
Before
Enjoy
Other
Seeing
Having
Write
Writers
Never
Had
Because
Around
Am
Opposite
Opposite Sex
Lot
Getting
Different
Different Ages
Influences
Which
Races
Perspectives
Ages
Really
Researchers
Who
Helping
Now
Routines
Things
I used to watch everybody's stuff, but I found I would get slightly influenced by the other comics. I try to avoid it now.
Jim Jefferies
Try
Other
Everybody
Slightly
Would
Stuff
Comics
Get
Influenced
Used
Avoid
Found
Now
Watch
I don't think you're ever going to be truly successful if everyone likes you.
Jim Jefferies
You
Think
Everyone
Likes
Truly
Going
Successful
Ever
There's a fallacy with stand up comedy, which is, people come up to comedians, and they go, 'You say what I think but I'm not brave enough to say,' and that's not particularly true.
Jim Jefferies
You
People
Comedy
Think
Enough
Say
True
Come
Comedians
Particularly
Fallacy
Go
Up
Brave
Which
Stand
Stand Up
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