34 Quotes by Cristela Alonzo
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My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.
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The Texas thing is such a big deal because whenever I see Texas in a TV show, they always show slow-moving cattle and cowboys with the hats. I wanted to show that Texas isn't a stereotype.
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As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.
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My mom ending up passing away, and I got really depressed and didn't have money for therapy, and so I started doing standup to cope with my mom's death.
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A lot of my material was based on my family.
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Because I grew up in McAllen, we would watch Televisa a lot.
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I can't tell a story about a working-class family on a premium channel that you have to pay to get.
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I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.
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I did the 'Wizard of Oz' in third grade, and I was a witch.
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