Iglesias Quotes & Sayings

You retire when you are sick and when you can't do it any more or when the public retires you. That's the most painful, because that's the one that leaves you wanting to accomplish more. — Julio Iglesias

My best personality trait that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody. — Enrique Iglesias

As an artist, I've been very fortunate. — Enrique Iglesias

I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities. — Julio Iglesias

There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records. — Enrique Iglesias

I usually travel with a posse. I roll deep. I travel like a rapper, but without the artillery. We don't carry guns, we carry cookies. — Gabriel Iglesias

TV and film for me are not as exciting as the live stand-up show and getting the immediate reaction of the crowd. TV is a lot of hurry up and wait for your shot and less immediate reaction from people. — Gabriel Iglesias

If you Google the word "fluffy," I'm the first thing that pops up. It's me, dogs and rabbits. — Gabriel Iglesias

I want to thank my fans for their support and love all these years, thank you Miami. Thank you Latin America. Thank you Mexico. Thank you world ! — Enrique Iglesias

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world. — Enrique Iglesias

Make sure you're doing impressions of people that are still relevant, and that everyone knows. Red Skelton impressions are a little outdated. — Gabriel Iglesias

Believe it or not, I've got a really bad metabolism. One burger and I'm done. I'm not a guy that puts away 10 burgers. — Gabriel Iglesias

I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship. — Gabriel Iglesias

I'm not fat. It's just my awesomeness swelling up inside of me. — Gabriel Iglesias

I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake. — Gabriel Iglesias

I feel like people focus too much on what other people think of their lives and trying to appear like they have it all together rather than focusing on just being happy. You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health. Genuine happiness is hard to miss. — Melanie Iglesias

Finding places to perform was definitely the biggest challenge. Trying to find my voice over the years was a big thing because when I started I was just doing characters and impressions and that was it. — Gabriel Iglesias

I'm never home. I miss birthdays. I miss holidays. I miss anniversaries. I miss special moments. I'm not always there for important times, because I'm out on the road trying to make people laugh. I give up my privacy. I give up the ability to walk somewhere and relax. — Gabriel Iglesias

You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage. — Gabriel Iglesias

I eat a lot of junk food, because that's what's usually available at 1:00am when I'm all done working. — Gabriel Iglesias

Hanging out with comics, all they did was make fun of me. — Gabriel Iglesias

You try to avoid the mistakes you made in the past. — Julio Iglesias

It's because you alienate half the room talking about sports. Half the crowd will be against you no matter what you say. — Gabriel Iglesias

People in love look into each other's souls, and it is that feeling that I try to capture when I sing. — Julio Iglesias

I want to be known as a funny comic not just a funny Latino comic. I want to be able to go everywhere and anywhere. — Gabriel Iglesias

As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that I'm away from my family 46 weeks out of the year. I miss all the birthdays and anniversaries and holidays. — Gabriel Iglesias

I love Australia. First of all, everyone is so nice. The people are down to Earth, and they like having fun with you. — Gabriel Iglesias

The one thing about music is that there are no rules. — Enrique Iglesias

There's 5 levels of fatness! Fluffy is one of the levels. There's big, healthy, husky, fluffy and damn. — Gabriel Iglesias

I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody. — Gabriel Iglesias

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. — Enrique Iglesias

With great influence comes great responsibility. — Melanie Iglesias

I was very dirty; I was a very dirty comic. There was no way I would have gotten on TV with the act I had when I first started. — Gabriel Iglesias

I am a lover for sure. I love to be loved. — Julio Iglesias

When you're a comedian, the Holy Grail is an hour long HBO special. — Gabriel Iglesias

[Doing a bilingual album] helped artistically because whenever I got bored of writing in English, I would write in Spanish. It's always cool when you have the choice. — Enrique Iglesias

What's the deal with the bossman?" Urian asked him.
Alexion shrugged. "I don't know. He came in last night with a book, went to his room to read, I suppose, and then he came out here this morning and has been playing ... those songs ever since."
Those songs were ballads, which Acheron never played. God-smack, Sex Pistols, TSOL, Judas Priest, but not ...
"Is that ... " Urian physically cringed before he spat out the name, "Julio Iglesias?"
"Enrique."
Urian grimaced in horror. "I didn't even know he knew any mellow shit. Dear gods ... is he ill?"
"I don't know. In nine thousand years, I've never seen him like this before."
Urian shuddered. "I'm beginning to get scared. This has to be a sign of the Apocalypse. If he breaks out into Air Supply, I say we sneeak up on him, drag him outside and beat the holy shit out of him. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I got off the plane - I was walking and cooking at the same time. — Gabriel Iglesias

We're excited to be appearing in Tel Aviv in the framework of the Pic.nic festival. This is an important tour for us and we're glad that Israel is part of it — Julio Iglesias

It's the one thing we can all relate to no matter what religion, what color, what nationality: we can all relate to sex and love. — Enrique Iglesias

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time. — Gabriel Iglesias

I think when you slow Enrique [Iglesias] down and really listen to what he's saying, it's an explosion of bad taste. — Bridget Everett

I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it. — Gabriel Iglesias

I always respect a woman. — Enrique Iglesias

When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you. — Julio Iglesias

My life is to sing. — Julio Iglesias

If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time. — Gabriel Iglesias

When I first got to St. Louis, I saw the arch and I said, 'I want to go to that McDonalds. — Gabriel Iglesias

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me. — Enrique Iglesias

I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just - I crave it. — Gabriel Iglesias

One person cannot change the world. But you can become the world for someone. A warm, bright, and peaceful world. If everyone can be such a world to one person, one will become ten people, and then a hundred. The world will be full of happy people then. — Enrique Iglesias

I went up on stage, and said, "Why did the chicken cross the road? To check out the chicks." I was a genius at 10. Try telling that at 21, and you look hacky and stupid. That was the only joke I've ever told. Everything since has been character voices, doing impressions or just telling stories. — Gabriel Iglesias

The only way I will do a sitcom is if it's hurled at me, and I don't have to work for it. — Gabriel Iglesias

I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either. — Enrique Iglesias

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer. — Enrique Iglesias

I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it. — Gabriel Iglesias

If they would have told me when I was just 18 that I was going to have a career that would last so long, I'd have said it was impossible, that it was crazy that that could happen in my life, so I'm happy to be here. To be able to go out on stage every day. — Enrique Iglesias

I'll walk up to a woman, I'll say the first thing that comes to mind: 'Hey, you hungry?' — Gabriel Iglesias

Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback. — Gabriel Iglesias

I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen. — Gabriel Iglesias

I just do my best to react to chaos with love, and hopefully, other people will catch on and do things out of love too. — Melanie Iglesias

Why do people measure life by the years instead of how good the years were? — Gabriel Iglesias

I am not an artist which is 'in.' — Julio Iglesias

It was good, it was bad. But it was real, and that's all you have. — Enrique Iglesias

I love writing. I love getting lost in creative projects when I'm going through a tough transition in life. I always keep in mind that it's not the first time something painful has happened, and just like I got through other troubles, the one at hand will pass as well. — Melanie Iglesias

Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with them, daily. YouTube has been a game changer as well - people around the world have been exposed to my comedy through my YouTube channel. — Gabriel Iglesias

Love is one of my main inspirations. — Enrique Iglesias

As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else. — Gabriel Iglesias

Love is not materialistic. It's intangible yet somehow an undeniable feeling. You know it when you have it. I have lots of love in my life and I am blessed. — Melanie Iglesias

When I'm in love, I wake up happy. — Enrique Iglesias

there is no such thing as a character in a script, only words on a page. An actor speaks these words of dialogue, and so the reader forms a sense of an actual person, though the character himself is an illusion. — Karl Iglesias

There are days that I wake up and I complain, and when I complain I pinch myself and say, 'that's for complaining.' Not many people can do what they really like in life. — Enrique Iglesias

First of all, I'm not a heartthrob. If you saw me in high school, you wouldn't say I'm a heartthrob. Having a hit song, the minute you're famous, you're a heartthrob. I know you don't believe me, but I honestly don't consider myself a heartthrob. — Enrique Iglesias

My wife is Dutch and very independent. She never wanted or needed to be married. — Julio Iglesias

That's one thing about my shows. I tell people, I'm not a comedian, I'm just a really funny reporter. I put my life out there and make it entertaining. By putting it out there, it helps me to deal with it, you know, so I don't snap and so I don't go off the handle when I get home. — Gabriel Iglesias

I have very nice cars. I never get to drive them, because I'm never home. — Gabriel Iglesias

When you have nothing but big friends, you never get into arguments - except one. And that is, who is the biggest? I'll let you know right now, there's only one way to settle this. We all get in a bus and we go to Disney and we get on a roller coaster - whoever gets the least amount of clicks on the safety bar is the big one. — Gabriel Iglesias

I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo. — Gabriel Iglesias

I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is. — Enrique Iglesias

I like to exercise. I always walk an hour a day, I swim 250 days a year and I do balancing exercises which take me an hour. — Julio Iglesias

The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people. — Enrique Iglesias

You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the best. — Enrique Iglesias

I have discipline; I look after my voice. — Julio Iglesias

It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me. — Enrique Iglesias

Honestly, you got to take care of the people that take care of you. I know that sounds like cliche, or borderline phony, but that's the case. The reason I've had the fans that I have is because I've been consistent over the years and kept coming back and doing the same runs. I'm never going to stop doing the cities I've gone through. I'm only going to add. — Gabriel Iglesias

I have respected women from the beginning of my life. — Julio Iglesias

Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic. — Melanie Iglesias

Passion has been in my DNA for generations. — Julio Iglesias

I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as I'm alive and I'm living and I'm experiencing different things every day, the show will always change. — Gabriel Iglesias

If you can't,can't be yourself what are you living for? If you can't, can't be yourself you're gonna lose it all — Enrique Iglesias

You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health. — Melanie Iglesias

Me racist? The only race I hate is the one you have to run. — Gabriel Iglesias

Now I understand why people do drugs, why people drink, and why people go crazy. As the success level goes up and up and up, the further detached I get from everybody else. Luckily, with my girlfriend, everything is gravy because I brought her into it. I brought her in and she's very hands on with my career. — Gabriel Iglesias

I like to relax. — Julio Iglesias

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American. — Gabriel Iglesias

I'm quite grounded. — Enrique Iglesias

I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me. — Gabriel Iglesias

When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices to make it more entertaining. — Gabriel Iglesias

The Backstreet Boys ... they really do have good music! — Enrique Iglesias

I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up. — Enrique Iglesias