Zitat des Tages von Cristela Alonzo:
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.
I can't tell a story about a working-class family on a premium channel that you have to pay to get.
The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.
My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.
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.
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.
My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.
There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
