![]() Recognizing his growth as a performer, Hawkins said it was mostly in the details. “If I knew how bad I was at the beginning, I would’ve quit a long time ago, but I think that the passion to do it was so strong that even when I failed at it, I would want to keep doing it.” You kind of have to find groups of people and have them face towards you and do your best to get them to listen to what you have to say. It’s similar to an addiction, filling a deeper need, a deeper longing, he said. The first time Hawkins got a laugh, he knew he was hooked. It was more desperation than anything that got me into comedy - I didn’t have many other options.” It was just the great unknown - going out there and finding your way. “You just go where your gut takes you and where you think you have some skill,” Hawkins concluded. “The joke is I was making six figures but there was a decimal. “The good thing about it was that I wasn’t leaving a six-figure job,” Hawkins said. His wife is the one who encouraged him to make the leap and go into full-time comedy. Hawkins has had a passion for entertaining most of his life but wavered about making it his career. It’s entertaining and it’s kind of cool to see a guy who’s learned how to make a living from being a complete moron.” Passion for entertaining “It’s fun to be together in a live setting. It could be that you’re going through stuff and need a break. “It could be just a release - you haven’t laughed for a while. “The takeaway could be whatever you need it for,” Hawkins explained. ![]() Hawkins has spent the last 25 years or so “giving laughter” to crowds who need it, and going to one of his performances means different things to different people. ![]() A self-described “under-the-radar celebrity,” Tim Hawkins admitted he cries when he hears Diana Ross sing and if he wasn’t a comedian, he would own a French pastry shop.
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