“'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. F...” — Mike Rowe Quote

'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty mess.

The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.

If you're trying to raise a son, it gives you a chance to say things like, 'Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice.'

I'm not disinterested in the rest of the world, but studies show the rest of the world is really freaking far away.

Always flat front. You've got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats. Why would you do that?

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.

I'm a bit insane when it comes to doing my own stunts and getting down and dirty. It's fun, you know? It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.

I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty.