Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel J. Iglecias, known professionally as Gabriel Iglesias and comically as Fluffy, is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and voice actor. He is known for his shows I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy. He employs storytelling, affected voices and sound effects in his act, whose other trademarks include references to his weight and his use of Hawaiian shirts. He has been called a "comedy genius" by Hector Saldaña of the San Antonio Express-News...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth15 July 1976
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
That's one thing about my shows. I tell people, I'm not a comedian, I'm just a really funny reporter. I put my life out there and make it entertaining. By putting it out there, it helps me to deal with it, you know, so I don't snap and so I don't go off the handle when I get home.
I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main reason he got into it is to do what he is doing now: film and television work.
I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'
Big time, ... Im always ready for TV. I dont have to edit my jokes when you work clean, you can work anywhere.
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 usually travel with a posse. I roll deep. I travel like a rapper, but without the artillery. We don't carry guns, we carry cookies.
I see a Latino comic as someone who can only perform for Latino audiences, ... I cross the board.
If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time.
Make sure you're doing impressions of people that are still relevant, and that everyone knows. Red Skelton impressions are a little outdated.
I was very dirty; I was a very dirty comic. There was no way I would have gotten on TV with the act I had when I first started.
I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.