My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.
Whatever you want to do with your life, you really got to want it. And if you want it, and you work hard, it will happen.
The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.
Because I grew up in McAllen, we would watch Televisa a lot.
That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.
There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.
When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.
I love multi-cam. I grew up in a border town in South Texas right next to Mexico, a million miles away from this world... and to me, multi-cams are just like theater.
To me, a multi-cam is just like the feeling you get from the audience.
I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me.
I used to love 'Murphy Brown' as a kid. I didn't even understand half of the jokes that were going on, but I loved the character so much that they stood out.
We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot.
My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.
My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.
