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 want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
I want to be known as a funny comic not just a funny Latino comic. I want to be able to go everywhere and anywhere.
Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.
When I first got to St. Louis, I saw the arch and I said, 'I want to go to that McDonalds.
I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
Anything is possible as long as you're focused, determined and you really want to do it.
In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
I don't want to die tomorrow knowing I could've had a piece of cake tonight.
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.
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.
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.