Carlos Mencia Quotes

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Carlos Mencia

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 22, 1967

I am frail like everyone else, and I take that into account when I talk about things.

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I'm afraid of being poor; I'm afraid of living in the projects... I'm afraid of being thought as unsuccessful.

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Acting is reacting. That's when acting is great - when you say something, somebody said something, they make a face, they pose, they use something physical, then you react to that, then they react to you.

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I grew up poor. The fact that I had to struggle to succeed, that wasn't a big deal to me. I'd struggled my whole life.

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My comedy is about, lift yourself. See reality. Change the reality if you don't like it. But if you can't, then deal with things as they are because crying about it isn't going to change anything.

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I had one guy say, 'I watched your show and didn't agree with what you said.' And I'm like, 'It's a joke. How could you not agree? I can understand you saying it's not funny.' But it's like my going onstage and doing a knock-knock and somebody going, 'I disagree. There's no door here.'

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I grew up being very patriotic. My parents really love this country. A big part of what they love is freedom of speech... I'm fearless because aren't we supposed to be able to speak our mind?

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My ancestry is really weird, because my great grandfather was from the Cayman Islands, and then his father was from England. But I lose track at that point.

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Here's what I know about the business I am in. It's all based on money. It's all based on ratings.

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I hate being judged.

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I know I'm funny.

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If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects, poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that.

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I am a sponge. I don't write things down.

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One of the better moments in life is when you get your own car.

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What I do is that I really, really try hard to make sure the things that I do comes from a pure place in my heart and my intent is a pure one.

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I am living in a world where I am happy and doing what I love and making others happy.

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Some people want to live in a world much prettier than the one I depict. But it exists, and I talk about it because it exists.

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When I was a kid, I was in love with one of the 'Charlie's Angels.' I told my dad, 'I'm going to marry somebody like Cheryl Ladd.' My dad said, 'You're not that good-looking, mijo. You're going to have to make a lot of money if that's what you want.' I went, 'Well, I want that, so I'm going to make money.'

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Here's the problem: People have completely and utterly forgotten one thing when it comes to communication - intent.

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I have been recording every single one of my shows since 1994. Every single joke I've ever done is on a hard drive. I can tell you when I wrote every joke I wrote. I can tell you the first time I said it, when I made it different, when I made it better.

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