I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
Gabriel IglesiasPeople understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing.
Gabriel IglesiasI got on the high school speech team and everyday I would get up in front of the class and just start talking.
Gabriel IglesiasWhy would anybody connect to someone who has everything going for them? It's the person who has faults that people want to connect to. So people identify with certain insecurities on stage and just by me talking about my diabetes people come up to me after the show and tell me "Gabe, my blood sugar is out of control and I feel you". That's the first thing they say, they say "I feel you!".
Gabriel IglesiasAnd I don't want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I only have seven stories about her in eight years, says a lot. You know, don't get me wrong, five of them happened this year, but that's still way below the bar, you know what I am saying.
Gabriel Iglesias