Carlos Alazraqui Quotes

United States, Stand-Up Comedian
July 20, 1962

Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, singer, impressionist, producer and screenwriter possibly best known as Deputy James Garcia on Reno 911!. His extensive voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell Chihuaua in the Taco Bell commercials, Denzel Crocker and Juandissimo Magnifico on The Fairly OddParents, Rocko and Spunky on Rocko's Modern Life, Lazlo and Clam in Camp Lazlo, Grandpapi Rivera in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, and as Mr. Weed in Family Guy. He is a weekly contributor on The Stephanie Miller Show.

Also known as Actor, Television Director, Television Producer, Film Actor, Writer, Television Editor, Singer, Producer, Voice Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter

For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.

Carlos Alazraqui
- Character
- Season
- Nervous
We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.

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- Time
- Home
- Brother

If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.

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- People
- Work
- Name
I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

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- Real
- Job
- College
I started doing stand-up in college.

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- Up
- College
- Doing
I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

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- Business
- Bitter
- Jealous
Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.

Carlos Alazraqui
- Better
- Movies
- More
Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted.

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- Work
- More
- Little

I'm a former skydiver, I jumped out of all kinds of things including a hot air balloon. Ironically, once I started skydiving, I felt nervous not having my rig on in case the plane went down because I wasn't used to landing.

Carlos Alazraqui
- Air
- Ballon
- Skydiver
I'm getting jobs because people like me on a show. I'll take it. It's nice to hear that someone like a Matt Groening is a fan of the show.

Carlos Alazraqui
- Jobs
- Show
- Matt Groening
I think it was Fox, actually; Fox, the studio, which had sold the rights to the television show, as I understand it, but had retained the film rights.

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