Gabriel Iglesias Quotes
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It's not an overnight thing. I can legitimately say I've been working my ass off for a long time and the fact that I'm getting this concert movie is perfect because it's coming at just the right time in my life.
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Honestly, you got to take care of the people that take care of you. I know that sounds like cliche, or borderline phony, but that's the case. The reason I've had the fans that I have is because I've been consistent over the years and kept coming back and doing the same runs. I'm never going to stop doing the cities I've gone through. I'm only going to add.
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Some people can handle alcohol. You know who you are. Some people can't handle alcohol. The police know who you are.
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A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main reason he got into it is to do what he is doing now: film and television work.
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The response you get when you're young like "oh you're just getting laughs because you're a little kid and you're cute". They weren't trying to encourage me at all or tell me to keep pursuing this.
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I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!
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I talked about the stuff so openly that people are able to connect and relate. I put everything out there [into the network], and if I'm having a bad time, people know about it.
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I got a brother who calls me Hollywood. Sisters kind of keep their distance. Even my mom is kind of like ahhh with me. Yeah dude, it really sucks. And I wish things were different. Unfortunately, they don't understand everything I go through on a day to day basis to be able to maintain what I'm doing.
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There's 5 levels of fatness! Fluffy is one of the levels. There's big, healthy, husky, fluffy and damn.
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People see a big dude and they hear that high pitched voice or "Eglasias with an 'I'" and love it because they can relate and go "I know that person!".
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I've got foundation jokes, the ones that got me where I am, so everything I do just builds on top of that.
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[ The aim to be big] is not a joke about my size. It's just that I'm a dreamer, but I'm following through with it. I believe anyone can do it as long as they focus and have a game plan.
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I love Australia. First of all, everyone is so nice. The people are down to Earth, and they like having fun with you.
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If I speak Spanish in my show, which sometimes I do, I translate what I say. I make it where I can still be myself, but I make it to where everybody knows what the hell is going on and when everyone leaves, they're like "OK, I get it."
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TV show's really quick. You're in, you're out. A film usually takes a lot longer. However, a voiceover is very much like TV in the sense that it's really quick. For example, I did the movie Planes in one day.
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Make sure you're doing impressions of people that are still relevant, and that everyone knows. Red Skelton impressions are a little outdated.
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I eat a lot of junk food, because that's what's usually available at 1:00am when I'm all done working.
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I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it.
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I was very dirty; I was a very dirty comic. There was no way I would have gotten on TV with the act I had when I first started.
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I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.
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I see a lot of nice hotels, but I never really get to enjoy the cities, because I have to be on a plane the next day.
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I want to be known as a funny comic not just a funny Latino comic. I want to be able to go everywhere and anywhere.
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Honestly, I really don't like acting. I don't enjoy it. What I do like is going to a movie theatre and seeing my face on a poster. I like seeing my name on a poster. That is cool.
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For about three years I was performing at one bar in East Los Angeles that was like a mean dive bar. You're in there performing for drunks or bikers, not the most flattering people. I think it helped build my confidence, because you have to get their attention, then make them laugh.