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Jimmy Kimmel Gets Presidential for GQ

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For many people, Jimmy Kimmel becoming the president of the United States would be the worst thing possible. Thankfully he's not running, but with the election looming, the late-night host decided to become president -- past presidents, that is -- for the November issue of GQ Magazine. In it, he talks about his breakup with Sarah Silverman (sort-of), why he thinks his job is like "pornography," and more. Choice quotes below:

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    Jimmy Kimmel as Richard Nixon (left) and John F. Kennedy (right, with Marilyn Monroe stand-in) in the November issue of GQ Magazine.

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    Jimmy Kimmel as Abraham Lincoln in GQ Magazine.

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    Jimmy Kimmel as George Washington in GQ Magazine.

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    Jimmy Kimmel as George W. Bush in GQ Magazine

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On his breakup with Sarah Silverman, and the public intrigue about it: "They (the public) want to know for the wrong reasons. They don't care about us. We don't represent anything to them. People like to gossip. It's human nature. You can't really blame them for it. If people are interested, it is by definition interesting. But it's not always as interesting as people might imagine it is. It's just, I wouldn't do that to her. I wouldn't discuss it in the media out of respect for her, and she feels the same way with me, you know?"
On Comedy: "In an hour from now, I'm going to walk out onto a piece of wood we've surrounded by lights and cameras, and I'm going to do a show for 250 strangers. It's so silly. You go out there and you do jokes and show funny little videos, and the audience laughs. But then you go sit behind a desk, and you're speaking to another person while they watch. It's like pornography. It really is."
On his guests: "The guests are people I've never met. They walk out, and now they're supposed to have a spontaneous-seeming conversation with me. For between seven and ten minutes. Think about that. In front of a group of other strangers. Hey, you're gonna watch us have a conversation now! It seems normal because we're used to it. But it's not normal. It's totally abnormal. It's the least normal way you could possibly meet somebody. Meeting someone in a sex room on Craigs-list is more normal than this."
On letting guests talk ... or not talk: "I'm not scared of silence. I just don't feel like I have to fill every second of a conversation with sound. I'll pose a question, and then I'll stop and listen for the answer, and then when they seem to be finished I'll ask the next question. I have great confidence in my ability to be funny. I really do. Maybe that makes me sound like a jerk, but I've always been able to be funny since I was a little kid, and so I don't have a lot to prove. I figure I have plenty of time to talk. I try to remember that the guests only have seven or eight minutes to talk, and this is a big deal for them, and their parents are probably watching, and I invited them on my show, and that I want them to leave and feel good about it."
On being stereotyped as dumb thanks to 'The Man Show': "People think I'm of below-average intelligence because of that show. I find that. Which is a weird thing for me because, like, in school I was always the smartest kid. It's something I never anticipated would happen as a result of doing a comedy show. Like really, I mean, seriously?"
On getting an offer to host his own late-night show: "I just couldn't believe they'd put so little thought into this decision. I mean, it was like buying a house on the Internet."
On the first months: "After the first six months, I was hoping that the show would get canceled because I figured I really cannot live like this. We used to have to wave people into the show. We couldn't get guests. That was unpleasant. The audience is sitting there staring at you, and you have on people they've never heard of, and they've barely heard of you in the first place. That's just a terrible, terrible -- oh, it's terrible. And then a lot of people who do know you are expecting 'The Man Show' and waiting for you to whip them into a frenzy, which I am not a frenzy-whipper. It was terrible."
On Jimmy Fallon's potential: "I don't, I don' t ... I don't like to judge people before they go on. Some people you think are going to be great. I think most people thought Chevy Chase was going to be great. Disaster. He doesn't seem to have ever recovered from it, really. He went from movie star to disgraced talk-show host. You never really come back after a talk show. That's the thing. Even now, I hear people speak derisively of Arsenio. And I'm like, Arsenio was on for six years! I mean, really, that's how your memory serves you, that Arsenio was a failure? His show was a big hit for a long time! But people glue that failure to your forehead. That's something I live in fear of."
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TWOGOLFCATS

05:44 PMOct 14 2008

Jimmy, it very apparent that you learned everything you know from Sarah Silverman--- Its total JEWISH-- They gave been PUSHING the envelope for years!!! Years ago, the ole Jewish Commediens had a sense of decency, but today- THEY will say anything and od anything for ATTENTION and SHEKELS - They, anymore have NO sense of DECENCY, Moral Clarity or integrity !!!! Today, it seems they ALL go to the same SINNERGOGUE!!!

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Oujoou

05:03 PMOct 14 2008

I saw the Seat Wizard do what he said. But it was weird. It was on the internet in a ********** site. And yet, I couldn't make out an animal, until I saw what looked like a person in the form of a chimpanzee. But when I looked even closer, I saw that it was just a dog smoking something. But that's when I realized that the Seat Wizard was really a porn producer ******* a dog that he calls Silverman, as he was getting knifed by one of his porn stars. So, I'm thinking . . . is this real? Or am I just too far gone. Then I went to a regular porn site and in the first scene I streamed, I saw the Seat Wizard sitting on a seat with a peculiar "Z" logo, which reminded me of another porn site that was about degrading men who had - i believed - been molested by the Village Idiot. So, yes. Everyone saw the Seat Wizard **** a Silverman, but it was during the Super Bowl post game show. Go Giants! :)

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TheSeatWizard

11:59 AMOct 14 2008

I banged Sarah Silverman 2 nights after they broke up. She couldn't believe my size and stamina after years with Kimmel. Now I can't get her to leave...

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Cubamex2003

10:23 AMOct 14 2008

I remember Pat Paulsen ( from the Smothers Bros. show), his campaign began as a gimmick and next thing you know , he was kicking butt.. the KGB made him quit...Is this a great country or what...A self proclaimed buffoon leading REAL CANDIDATES.. I would vote for Kimmel...

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Hartspill

08:53 AMOct 14 2008

Does he "open up" about leaving his wife for Sarah Silverman?

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KIMBERTYLR

08:46 AMOct 14 2008

kimmel..stop believing your own "hype"..you're like the soap actress who leaves a number one soap to make a movie flop... you will always be that 2 undershirt wearing dude on the Ben Stein Show..

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A74miller

08:23 AMOct 14 2008

He is VERY funny...and seems like a nice guy!

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