In a 2011 Radio Interview with NPR Fallon spoke of growing up Catholic and that he wanted to be a priest.
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This is an excerpt from the transcript:GROSS, host: Jimmy Fallon, from his new book "Thank You Notes." And Jimmy, you know, sometimes Friday nights, the last thing I hear before going to sleep is your thank-you notes. (Soundbite of applause) (Soundbite of laughter)
GROSS: So you went to Catholic school when you were young.
FALLON: Oh yeah.
GROSS: Did you have...
Mr. FALLON: I wanted to be a priest.
GROSS: Did you really?
Mr. FALLON: Yeah. I loved it.
GROSS: Why?
Mr. FALLON: I just, I loved the church. I loved the idea of it. I loved the smell of the incense. I loved the feeling you get when you left church. I loved like how this priest can make people feel this good. I just thought it was, I loved the whole idea of it. My grandfather was very religious, so I used to go to mass with him at like 6:45 in the morning serve mass and then you made money too if you did weddings and funerals. They'd give you, you'd get like five bucks. And so I go okay, I can make money too. I go this could be a good deal for me. I thought I had the calling.
GROSS: Do you think part of that calling was really show business? 'Cause like the priest is the performer at church.
Mr. FALLON: Yeah. You know what - I really Terry, I'm, I recently thought about this. Again, I've never been to therapy but I guess that would be, it's being on stage. It's my first experience on stage is as an altar boy. You're on stage next to the priest, I'm a co-star. (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. FALLON: I'm, I've got... GROSS: Also starring Jimmy Fallon. (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. FALLON: Yeah, I have no lines but I ring bells. I ring bells and I swing the incense around. But it was my - and you know, you are performing. You enter through a curtain, you exit through the, I mean you're backstage. I mean have you ever seen backstage behind an alter? It's kind of fascinating. GROSS: Right. Mr. FALLON: So I think it was, I think it was my first taste of show business and I think - or acting or something. GROSS: And there are comparisons, I think, between a theater and a church. There are just kind of places that are separated from outside reality. Mr. FALLON: Yeah. And I remember I had a hard time keeping a straight face at church as well. GROSS: Did you? Mr. FALLON: Which - yeah... GROSS: Did you do imitations of the priest? (Soundbite of laughter)
FALLON: Oh, of course. Yeah. I used to do Father McFadden all the time. He's the fastest talking priest ever. He's be like... (Soundbite of mumbling) (Soundbite of laughter)
FALLON: And then you leave and you go, that - what was that? (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. FALLON: That guy's the best. I mean that was church? Sign me up. I'll do church I'll do it 10 times a day if that's church. He was great.
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