When things are bad, it’s the best time to reinvent yourself. — George Lopez

Life is moments going by, but if you don’t grab them, they’re gone. For a long time, the only moments that were available were bad ones. So now I make sure to grab the good ones. — George Lopez

I spend a lot of time alone and my wife understands that I need to be alone. I enjoy being alone. But I’m never lonely. — George Lopez

It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn’t know I could do it but I knew I couldn’t not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn’t quit. — George Lopez

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. — George Lopez

One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair. — George Lopez

It’s not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it’s just a great time to be able to pull all that together. — George Lopez

It’s an honor to walk in the footsteps of a legend. As host I intend to honor the tradition of The Bob Hope Classic and have a great time blazing a new path. — George Lopez

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. — George Lopez

I think we all feel the same things most of the time, we just don’t know how to put it into words. When I’m on stage, I say it. The truth makes people laugh. — George Lopez

As Latinos, you want [people] to come to America–not necessarily Latinos, but [anyone who wants] to come here for a better life. That’s kind of how this country was founded and the history of this country. — George Lopez

In life, there’s a ying and a yang and a balance. And when you don’t have balance, you have comedy. — George Lopez

Life is great and golf has been one of the great parts of it for me. — George Lopez

No Angie, it’s instant. Like when someone trips in the cafeteria and you’re laughing so hard milk comes out of your nose, the guy next to you is laughing so hard he accidentally farts. BOOM! Friends for life! — George Lopez

If laughter is the best medicine, I promise to continue to make you laugh as my wife and I work together with the National Kidney Foundation to save lives. — George Lopez

Obama is the closest thing to a Latino that we have. Barack. Everybody wants to see his birth certificate too. — George Lopez

An animal has to suffer for us old–school Latinos to get what we want. — George Lopez

Immigration is an issue of global significance in America. And if you look at the terrorist alerts and attacks, Latinos [as a group] are not in the top five list [for] terror alerts. — George Lopez

Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That’s what I require of the projects that I’m involved with. I would not ever make a movie strictly for Latinos. — George Lopez

The average late–night viewer is in their mid–50s and the average viewer of TBS is in their 30s and is largely African–American and Hispanic, already, before I even get there. — George Lopez

From now on, we’re home schooling you. Whatever we don’t know, you don’t know. When did the Korean War start? I don’t know, and neither do you! — George Lopez

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show. — George Lopez

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one. — George Lopez

I’ve spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely. — George Lopez

As long as you’re a tax deduction, you’ll always be safe in my house. — George Lopez

We’re Mexi–cans not Mexi–can’ts. — George Lopez

Finally there is someone that you can invest in that looks like you, speaks like you, relates to things you relate to, and make our culture okay to talk about. — George Lopez

I didn’t want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand–up. — George Lopez

I’d shake his hand, but I think that’s what’s holding up his pants. — George Lopez

I’m not afraid to take on somebody or say something that somebody will find offensive because unfortunately in comedy, you can’t say anything really good without offending somebody. — George Lopez

I have dogs in my house and much like teenagers at some point, they leave the parents. Even though they’re in the same house, they live independently. I think that’s how I live with the Chihuahuas. — George Lopez

I grew up not having a father. Golf is the father I never had. It taught me honesty and respect and discipline and it taught me to control my temperament. — George Lopez

I look at movies, unfortunately, and I still see a lot of movies [lacking diversity]. — George Lopez

I can never do nothing in this house! — George Lopez