Author: Cristela Alonzo

Quotes

Whatever you want to do with your life, you really got to want it. And if you want it, and you work hard, it will happen.

Whatever you want to do with your life, you really got to want it. And if you want it, and you work hard, it will happen.

- Cristela Alonzo

The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.

The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.

- Cristela Alonzo

A lot of my material was based on my family.

A lot of my material was based on my family.

- Cristela Alonzo

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

- Cristela Alonzo

My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.

My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.

- Cristela Alonzo

That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.

That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.

- Cristela Alonzo

I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.'

I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.'

- Cristela Alonzo

I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.

I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.

- Cristela Alonzo

My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.

My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.

- Cristela Alonzo

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