Quotes from Gabriel Iglesias

I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.

I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.

Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.

People think if you have money, it'll fix the problems, but it creates different ones.

I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.

Home in bed listening to the rain getting ready to order a pizza. Sounds like a song til the last part.

I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.

I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo.

Why do people measure life by the years instead of how good the years were?

You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.

Believe it or not, I've got a really bad metabolism. One burger and I'm done. I'm not a guy that puts away 10 burgers.

I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just - I crave it.

I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it.

At the time, it was a really funny joke [Fluffy] and I went back and forth with going against the joke or embrace it. I decided to embrace it and now we're talking about it, so it was a good call.

You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.

I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time.

When you go to Hawaii, it's all about "Aloha." It means hello, goodbye and I love you.

I'm always very happy to talk to people. I relate to people, and the guy on stage is very much the guy that's off stage. People know when it's fake.

When you leave, you basically want to go eat, because I talk a lot about food in my act. So when you leave, you leave hungry.

I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.

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.

I remember seeing Eddie Murphy RAW and seeing people laughing and having a good time and that was the same response I was getting so I thought I was on to something.

I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.