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Breaking The Mold
Gabriel Iglesias
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I got to tell you, guys
Being a comedian has been the, uh
One of the greatest experiences for me
And, uh, you know, it's, it's been a -
It's been a fun ride, it's been a fun ride
And, um, a lot of people don't understand what has gone into this
You know, uh, me personally
I got a lot of people to thank
My family, obviously, first and foremost
And all my friends and all the support
And all the people you don't see
That are behind the scenes that have helped me
You know, there's a lot of comedians out there
They do really good and for some reason they start
You know, going crazy and things happen
And then what happened? Wrong people around them
So whenever you see me, you're like
"Oh, Gabriel's keeping it together"
'Cause people keep me together
I start believing my own hype
I'm at 7-Eleven, yeah, give me all that shit, yeah, yeah
Give me a slurpy, give me crazy
Why is he talking to me like that?
I don't know, I just, you know
I just want you, guys, to know
It's been a fun ride
And I, I want you to understand
A little bit more of what has happened over the years
To get to this point
For the first, I'd say the first ten years of my career
I was considered a Southwest comedian by promoters
Meaning that they would only promote me in
California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, you know
New Mexico, nothing wrong with that
But here's the thing is that
They were calling me a Southwest comedian
And then they call me Latino comedian
And I hated that, no, no, I hate that
I'll tell you why
And I know you have good intentions when you move
Let me explain why I don't like that title
When you say Latino comedian
It makes it sound like I can only perform for Latinos
Okay, and don't get me wrong
I know who I am and where I come from
But I believe that Latinos should be shared with everyone
And that's what I'm trying to do
And the reason why I make a big deal about that
Is because anybody else, you just call 'em their name
For example, Jerry Seinfeld, he's just Jerry Seinfeld
He's not Jewish comedian, Jerry Seinfeld
Chris Rock is just Chris Rock
He's not African American comedian, Chris Rock
But with me, I was always Latino comedian or fat comic
Yeah, they wouldn't even call me fluffy, those bastards
And so it wasn't until years and years of grinding it out
That eventually I wound up meeting a promoter
Who eventually became my manager
Who took a chance on me and he promoted me
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, okay
And you cannot get any whiter than Minneapolis, Minnesota
That is where the Howley's are built, okay
That is the Howley factory, Okay
There's Minneapolis, Minnesota
And it was a venue about as big as this
And it was, uh, it was sold out
And word got back to Los Angeles and to New York
And to all these promoters
That there's this entertainer with the last name Iglesias
Who sold a bunch of tickets, who was not Enrique
Next thing you know, promoters are coming out the woodwork
Now they're changing their tune
Now they're not calling me Latino comedian anymore
Now they're saying, "Oh, this guy's, he's funny across the board
He's crossover, he's so crossover, his material touches everyone
He's crossover, he's crossover" Really?
You're gonna call a Mexican crossover?
It was getting worse
All I wanted to do was be given a chance
To go out and perform and show what I could do
And not have restrictions and titles and stuffs, but not
It was very, very hard, and so, like I said, once I met my, uh
My, my buddy who took care of me and became my manager
Joe Meloche did amazing work
He started taking me everywhere
With the help of him and my, my agent, uh, Matt Blake
And Comedy Central started backing me up
And we wound up hitting all 50 states
Next thing I know, we go to Canada
Next thing I know, they sent me to Europe
Next thing I know, we hit Australia
And then I get this phone call
My agent calls me up, and he says, "Gabe, check it out
You're getting a request to perform in the Middle East"
I go, "Really? Okay, cool, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, who?"
Actually, the request is coming from a Prince
Run that by me again
A prince
I said, "Purple Rain?"
Not Prince, a prince
I said, "How do they know me?"
I, I don't know, but they say that they know you
And they wanna hire you
I go, "It sounds like a joke, Matt"
Trust me, it sounds legit
All right, if it's legit, I'll tell you what
Give whoever, a ridiculous figure
And let them know that they have to wire the money today
Otherwise, forget it
Four hours later
Gabe
What?
Ridiculous just called
Are you serious?
I'm looking at the screen, bro
They wired all of it
Next thing I know
Welcome aboard, Saudi Arabian Airlines
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