Gabriel Iglesias Quotes

I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to be around people who can make other people laugh.

Everything I do is intended to make people laugh and think. I just think something is funny, it's not hurting anybody, not stabbing anybody, not shooting anybody, not making anybody watch me perform. There are thousands of comedians, don't come see me because it's not like I hide it.

That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then that you've never done before that are really funny.

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

You do some things and you just hope people will laugh.

The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.

We all need a laugh and I guess you're just the one.

I don't really like jokes in a way. I mean gags are fine but I like weird moments where what you have isn't really a joke, just tiny moments.

A comedian is simply a different kind of therapist. A comedian is a psychologist and a psychiatrist rolled into one. Except I can't prescribe medicine. (You still need a doctorate, which is bullshit.) Okay, so I'm not like a psychiatrist. Fine. But I'm still like a psychologist (except I can't diagnose or treat mental illness).

I'm trying to be a comedian, you know?

I've always loved pure, silly slapstick comedy. It always makes me laugh.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

I do love comedy, and when it's a comedy moment and you can make people laugh, of course it is wonderful.

Patrice O'Neal is the best comic I ever saw.

I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.

Jason Lee made me laugh all the time because he's so big, and I love how goofy bodies can be.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

I used to put on sketch shows at boarding school when I was eight. I'm not sure about the material, but it did used to get a laugh.

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

I really, really love stand-up.

I just find little things in life funny, it's why I giggle during my shows.