For me, it's always better to tell people the truth, because people can accept the truth.

I've dated many women at the same time. But I told them. I didn't keep any secrets from them.

I know I'm funny.

I hate being judged.

The easiest thing to do is put someone in a file of somebody you already know. 'Hey, you remind me of Sam Kinison' or 'You remind me of Richard Pryor.' That's fine, because I know that's the process. Eventually, my own file will be created.

I was never funny. I'd be funny once a year at Christmas. I'd do impressions of how people talked and danced, but that stopped when I was about 11.

If the worst thing happening to Middle Eastern people is that Carlos Mencia is doing a joke about them being stopped at airports, that's a pretty awesome state of affairs.

Just because my name is Carlos Mencia, don't think my show is going to be about the difference between Mexicans and white people.

I know that if any other comedian came up to me questioning something I did or said, it would be literally settled in a heartbeat. I love comedy. I give to comedy. I don't take from comedy.

I could always talk about being a Latino and having a Mexican mom and a Honduran dad and being from Honduras. That was always an easy go-to place. But on the other hand, it was a crutch.

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.

The word 'epiphany' gets thrown around, but truly, the first time I stepped on stage, I had that moment of clarity. I realized God gave me a gift, and this gift is to make people laugh, and this gift should not be wasted on trying to configure some electrical components.

My choices are made out of love. When I go on stage now, I want to make people happy. I mean, when I get hecklers now, I'm nice to them!

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

I grew up Mexican.

I don't think Latino; I think like me. If that happens to be Latino, then I guess that's me. But it doesn't affect my comedy in any way.

Chicago is pretty much my favorite city to perform in. For some reason, people from the Chicago area have an amazing attitude.

When I'm performing for 4,000, 5,000 people, it's a show. It's a rock n' roll concert.

I don't think I push boundaries. I find that other people feel that way. To me, it's just about going up there and speaking the truth, whatever that is.

On stage, I'm really, really tall. I'm five-foot-9, but on stage, I'm, like, six-foot-5.

I'm not good looking, but I'm not bad looking.

If you've never seen me perform live, I'm a must-see. I'm very funny. I have a different perspective sometimes on a lot of what I do and the world itself, especially America.

In this pessimistic world, especially in America, a positive outlook is very necessary.

You can take my dirtiest, craziest joke, and I can break down in my head why there's a good, honest, honorable reason for telling it.