If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is. George Lopez More Quotes by George Lopez More Quotes From George Lopez I believe that there are certain things that could be taken care of that you don't need a strong political background in. George Lopez strong taken believe David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. George Lopez down-and night hands I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me. George Lopez grandparent appreciate people I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely. George Lopez answering-questions interviews cinema If the worst thing that can happen is that nobody laughs, then I can deal with that, because the worst thing that can happen at the factory is that I could lose a limb or be crushed by a huge machine. George Lopez factories machines laughing I actually graze at several of the homes while Im playing. There a lot of food going on. I drink and eat and use the restrooms in a lot of the houses. What better way to really get closer to the fans than to steal their soap from the restrooms as they allow you to enter their homes? George Lopez fans house home So I started to relax and would work on my act eight hours a day, sitting at a desk writing at my grandmother's house, and I would put on Richard Pryor Live on Long Beach and would play it like a loop and think and write George Lopez grandmother writing beach I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture or our humor is substandard. I mean, I just don't think they want to give us credit. I just don't think that they see us as important enough to be at their level. I'm the longest-produced comedy at Warner Bros. and I don't feel special. They come over and say hello. But everybody's gonna make a lot of money and I don't feel like I'm special to them. George Lopez white mean thinking The jewelry stores say, 'Tell your wife you love her with a diamond,' while wives tell you they love you with, 'Ok, but just because it's Valentine's Day.' George Lopez funny-valentines-day wife love-you I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up. George Lopez want way People who are homeless, they're not all addicts. A lot of times, they're just people who, through something like losing their job or losing someone in their life, ended up on the streets. So much of our time is spent in cars that sometimes you need to look out of those windows. And you see that a dollar, 50 cents, whatever you have, may not mean much to you, but it means everything to people who are hungry and who are in need. George Lopez jobs mean people The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves. George Lopez calm wine character night In life, there's a ying and a yang and a balance. And when you don't have balance, you have comedy. George Lopez you comedy balance life If this country wants to elect someone with no political experience who is racially insensitive and golfs... In my first 100 days, I will make Taco Tuesday the law. George Lopez experience political law country The thing that upsets me the most is the entitlement of people that will stand with a flag and say to some other people that they need to go back to where they came from. When, in fact, they also would need to go back to where they came from, because you need to go all the way back to the beginning. George Lopez beginning me you people Freddie Prinze was my idol, and he died, and there is not much of his stuff to look at. But now, your comedy can live on forever. George Lopez live your look comedy I can't pay her back, but what I can do is make her as happy as she thought I would when we first got married. George Lopez thought back i-can happy I don't know if the art of stand-up will survive. Stand-up seems dated. Now you can do a mini-movie or a short with a beginning, middle, and end. A guy standing there seems a little old - especially when you can go on the Internet and see 'Funny or Die.' George Lopez you internet funny art Everything will be seen on your computer or BlackBerry or whatever devices we will be seeing in the future. Comedians will put their content on whatever server and send it to you specifically. We may even lose the live performance. George Lopez live lose you future
