Cristela Alonzo Quotes

#1. A lot of my material was based on my family.

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#2. When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

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#3. Two brothers and a sister, my niece, my nephew ... we're a very small group. We're very close, very tight-knit. We spend every holiday weekend together.

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#4. My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.

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#5. I love multi-cam. I grew up in a border town in South Texas right next to Mexico, a million miles away from this world ... and to me, multi-cams are just like theater.

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#6. My mom ending up passing away, and I got really depressed and didn't have money for therapy, and so I started doing standup to cope with my mom's death.

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#7. I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.'

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#8. As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.

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#9. Whatever you want to do with your life, you really got to want it. And if you want it, and you work hard, it will happen.

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#10. I love the Rio Grande Valley. I always say it's home - Texas is home. I've been out in L.A. a little over ten years, and I still get so excited when I go back home. It just feels comfortable; it makes me smile.

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#11. That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.

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#12. The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.

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#13. The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.

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#14. I can't tell a story about a working-class family on a premium channel that you have to pay to get.

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#15. We grew up devout Catholics, so my trips to San Juan always include going to the churches that we used to go to and lighting candles and everything. Everything I do in San Juan is what I used to do with my mom, kind of as a tribute to her.

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#16. I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.

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#17. To me, a multi-cam is just like the feeling you get from the audience.

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#18. I understand a lot of celebrities lose weight because they have the opportunity to get in shape and become healthier, but when you get so polished, you can't tell the story of a blue-collar family anymore.

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#19. Because I grew up in McAllen, we would watch Televisa a lot.

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#20. It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.

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#21. Looking back, I remember my family laughing a lot. We were never the kind of people that dwelled on hard times. My family laughs when things are tough. Growing up like that, I got used to making jokes about things that were difficult. So when I started doing stand-up, that's what I went towards.

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#22. If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

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#23. I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.

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#24. My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

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#25. My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.

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#26. My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.

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#27. I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me.

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#28. I grew up in a very Catholic household. We were pretty conservative.

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#29. My family didn't have money, and I think it made me fearless. I'm willing to try everything and not be afraid because what's the worst that can be happen? It might not work out, but I can't be worse off than when I was a kid.

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#30. We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot.

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#31. The Texas thing is such a big deal because whenever I see Texas in a TV show, they always show slow-moving cattle and cowboys with the hats. I wanted to show that Texas isn't a stereotype.

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#32. I did the 'Wizard of Oz' in third grade, and I was a witch.

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#33. There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.

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#34. I used to love 'Murphy Brown' as a kid. I didn't even understand half of the jokes that were going on, but I loved the character so much that they stood out.

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