I think the furthest I ever got was Guitar Hero. If I could start a band like that, I think I could do it. Gabriel Iglesias More Quotes by Gabriel Iglesias More Quotes From Gabriel Iglesias Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it. Gabriel Iglesias appreciate fans people There's nowhere in the country that I can't go or won't go. I think it's because I've worked on making my show where everyone can understand it, everyone can relate to it, and no one feels like I'm alienating them. Gabriel Iglesias shows country thinking That was the challenge. How can you tell the story here and make sure it goes the same way on the other side of the world? Gabriel Iglesias challenges way world You pigeon hole yourself by the title you give yourself. Gabriel Iglesias pigeons titles giving For me, the hardest thing was dropping the whole Latino comic title. Gabriel Iglesias dropping comic titles I still come out to music that's in Spanish. There's no denying who I am, but I've just made it to where my performance is so anybody can understand it - whether you're 10 years old or 80 years old. Gabriel Iglesias who-i-am made years With this show [Stand-Up Revolution ], I loved the idea that I would be picking the talent that goes on, not the network. It was me handpicking people who might not have gotten the chance to be on TV. So, I thought it was real cool that I was putting people up there. Gabriel Iglesias real people ideas I'm a big fan of Kiss. Gene Simmons, he's all into marketing and branding. You name it, there's some type of product with Kiss' name on it. Studying people like that, you see guys have hooks and there are reasons people are successful. Gabriel Iglesias kissing successful names I'm not selling out, denying who I am or where I've come from, not at all. I acknowledge that. Gabriel Iglesias selling who-i-am acknowledge Once I started doing specials I always incorporated "Fluffy" into it. But with Stand-Up Revolution, I left it out because I want it to be different for people. I'm there, yes, but it's something different. Gabriel Iglesias fluffy want people 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. Gabriel Iglesias funny-jokes fluffy talking When you hear "Seinfield," no one says, "the Jewish comic." You talk about Cedric the Entertainer, you don't say, "African American comedian Cedric the Entertainer." Even Margaret Cho - who's like one of three Korean performers out there - no one refers to her like that. They say, "It's Margaret Cho." Gabriel Iglesias african-american comedian three I started talking about things that everybody could relate to. And that's not to say I deserted my roots, I just found a way to talk about things in a broad way. Gabriel Iglesias roots talking way In the beginning, yes. I didn't like it because I wanted people to know me by Gabriel Iglesias, not by Fluffy. Gabriel Iglesias gabriel fluffy people Jeff Foxworthy had that whole "You might be a redneck" thing; Larry the Cable Guy had "Git-R-Done." Some comics have that hook. Dane Cook had that super finger. So I just caught on early on. I ran with "Fluffy." Gabriel Iglesias redneck hook guy I have no talent when it comes to pianos or guitars or any of that, even karaoke. For karaoke, I have to be wasted to get up there and sing. Gabriel Iglesias karaoke piano guitar People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing. Gabriel Iglesias dad eye real By putting myself out there the way I've been doing people see me as a real person. Even though I do character voices and funny noises the stories are still real and I put them all out there. Gabriel Iglesias voice real character As far as "uncut" I think we all know that you guys cut up the special. Originally it was going to be 2 hours plus and it got chopped down so I said "we can't use those words because it's not going to represent me right". Gabriel Iglesias cutting guy thinking I've got foundation jokes, the ones that got me where I am, so everything I do just builds on top of that. Gabriel Iglesias foundation jokes
