George Lopez Quotes (16 Quotes)

When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.

(He) was more interested in the money than his son.

If the tour had 10 of these, I'd love to play in all 10 of them.

We have so many people in the camp that it's difficult for everybody to find a porta-potty. With 90,000 people at a game, you can imagine 10,000 standing in line.

We're at a critical moment with regard to Sudanese sanctions and the ability to send a clear message to the government in Khartoum that the international community now means business, enough is enough.

I didn't come from a background where I saw a lot of loving couples. All my aunts and uncles were either split up or fighting all the time. The only healthy relationships I saw were on TV.

How much does golf mean to comedian George Lopez When he was in Las Vegas not too long ago to play a round, he was asked to do an opening stand-up gig for Rod Stewart that night, just a quick 45 minutes of work for 130,000. But Lopez said no. He was afraid it might spoil his round if he had to worry about finishing it to get to the hotel on time. Is he crazy Does he know how much 130,000 is ... I know how much it is. I've got 130,000.

Shows should just be able to be shows without hyphenating their lead characters, ... (With) us, they feel like they need to somehow label it to say, All right, this is what you're going to be watching, so are you sure you want to watch' But they don't do it to people who are Jewish or African American. Because we have the muscle but we need the voice to say you can't do that to us. Just watch because you think the shows are funny.

The putts break toward the diamond lane on the freeway here. I had a putt break toward a call box, so I know it depends on what lane. I missed a two-footer because a guy was changing his tire in my line.

We saw this with former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. We saw this with former Liberian president Charles Taylor. There is no reason knowing what we know now to reinvent the same scenario with a quite erratic Iranian leader. And while we don't have responsibility for that Iranian leader, we do have a responsibility for the outcomes of policies which will only further aggravate a situation rather than accomplish our goals.

I don't think words can comfort at this time. Just love and support of his family, and for Will to know that millions of people loved his father and mother.

I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture or our humor is substandard, ... I mean, I just don't think they want to give us credit. I just don't think that they see us as important enough to be at their level. . . . I'm the longest-produced (comedy) at Warner Bros. and I don't feel special. They come over and say hello. But everybody's gonna make a lot of money and I don't feel like I'm special to them.

It means a lot in that I always felt invisible, and I was louder in my own head than I was verbally, ... I was torturing myself, wanting to say things and not knowing how to be. The stand-up was a way out but it never came easy. So to have something that's named after me make it, and that has history tied to Desi and Freddie and now Freddie Jr., it's unbelievable to me because I never really thought anything good would happen to me.

He was the one person who filled my house with his voice and made me not feel lonely, and made me feel my life could be worth something and that my pain could be currency for laughs.

The guy is like Honduran-German. Why would you pretend to be (Mexican) . . . I think he had that intention from the beginning that he was going to play Mexican.

The first time I saw him, I wanted to be like him, ... He was so young and cool and Latino and everybody loved him. And then when he passed, it was devastating to me. I later learned that he was tortured, like I was tortured, and I learned to fight through it.