Valerie Cruz Quotes

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.

I don't believe in storks. I know they don't deliver babies; they deliver pickles.

I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.

I’m not playing the race card. I’m playing the rice card.

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!'

Being Latino and being an actor has been a unique struggle and opportunity. When you don't fit into what may be a more stereotypical vision of somebody whose name is Pedro is, it can be a little bit harder to navigate.

I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.

Your stereotypical L.A. Persian kids were not working at Sbarro pizza in the mall, but I was.

Donald Trump is not a 71-year-old white man. He is an Indian uncle. He wears suits that don't fit; he can't speak English properly. He works with his idiotic sons; he hates women but loves his daughter. He makes up words when he gets angry. He is an Indian uncle.

Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.

You'll hear 'Hippie,' or, 'Get a haircut.' I like it. I think it's funny because they think we've never heard that before. So, like, good one.

The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French.

For me, I'm an American and I'm a Mexican. I live here. And it hurts me the way a lot of people talk about Mexicans when I know we're all about hard work and dedication.

I understand the whole constant foreigner stereotype, but for me it's important to portray immigrant characters like Jian-Yang and Danny Meng with humanity.

I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are.

What intrigues me is that there are funny people in the real East End. It's famous for it. There'd be blokes dressing up as women as a lark, but 'EastEnders' seems blind to the fact that they enjoy a laugh. There should be a cheery chappy on there.

'Arab Labor' was light, snappy. We got emotional over things, but from a safe place, from the terrace.

What sitcom's brilliant at is identifying a social movement or type and skewering it.

Behind every racist joke is a scientific fact.

When I was small, I thought I was just cooler than my mom because of how foreign she is. She's really foreign. You'd think it would kill her to get store-bought snacks, she's that foreign.

I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.

Moshe Dayan, who said to Sammy Davis, Jr., That's funny, to me you only look half Jewish. Never got a dinner!

French people are Italian people in a bad mood.

Sometimes if I really want to get someone's attention, I'll start a sentence with something like, "I'm not racist, but..." I say, "I'm not racist, but you look great today." They say, "That wasn't racist at all." I said, "I know. I said I'm not racist. You never listen. Typical Mexican."

I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh.