George Lopez Quotes

Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.
George Lopez

Funny, Nice, Relative

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.
George Lopez

Time, Best, Yourself

It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.
George Lopez

Great, Black, Together

It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.
George Lopez

Time, Great, Black

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

Work, Parents, Different

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

Best, Down, Talk

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, Care, Political

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

Happy, Thought, Her

I didn't come from a background where I saw a lot of loving couples. All my aunts and uncles were either split up or fighting all the time. The only healthy relationships I saw were on TV.
George Lopez

Time, Fighting, Either

I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.
George Lopez

Somebody, Nobody

I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all.
George Lopez

Love, Writing, Down

I never realized I could love people as much as I do now.
George Lopez

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

Days, Questions, Audience

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

Happen, Lose, Worst

It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.
George Lopez

Life, Time, Everything

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

Work, Live, Long

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

Character, Night, Afraid

When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.
George Lopez

Time, Others, Gospel

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show.
George Lopez

Show, Allow, Cable

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Nationality: American

Born: April 23, 1961

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