Paul Rodriguez Sr - The Inspiring True Story of A Legendary Comedian!
The Passionate Few
OMAR ELATTAR
4.9 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2017
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
""From Rags-To-Comedic Riches: The Whole Story!"
This amazing interview w/ legendary 'Latin King of Comedy," Paul Rodriguez, tells the story of how he took his dream of making people laugh for a living & made it a reality! Paul discusses his life story in-depth, starting all the way back to his humble beginnings growing up in Mexico & Compton, all the way to his rise in Hollywood as a major blockbuster star! Its an incredible story loaded with gems about overcoming adversity that will 100% inspire you to take your life to the next level!...Just wait until you hear some of his incredible stories including:
- how he used to sleep in his car as a struggling comedian
- going from making $25 a night to making $1.2 million a year at age 28
- $30,000 shopping sprees at Toy's R Us for his family!
I am telling you - it is jam packed with wisdom! Get ready to be inspired with just how powerful passion can be to help turn your dreams into reality! Love all you guys who believe in our mission to inspire & empower the world! Thanks for listening in & STAY TUNED!!!!! ENJOY :)
-Omar
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to this episode of The Passionate Few podcast today. It's Omar. And today I'm going to be interviewing legendary comedian Paul Rodriguez Senior to hear all about his story about how he turned his dream of making people laugh for a living into a reality. We talk a little bit about his early days growing up in Mexico and Compton and then about how he grew up in L.A. and ended up making a name for himself as a comedian on the streets. |
| 0:26.2 | Went from sleeping in his car to being a multi-millionaire doing what he loved. |
| 0:30.4 | You guys obviously know him. He's been in over 40 major motion picture Hollywood films. |
| 0:35.4 | This guy till this day is one of the funnest human beings I've |
| 0:38.4 | ever met. So with no further ado, I hope you guys are really inspired by this story and it |
| 0:43.2 | moves you to help take your life to the next level. So with no further ado, I hope you guys |
| 0:47.5 | enjoy my interview today with Comedians Comedian Paul Rodriguez Senior. Enjoy. |
| 0:54.4 | Paul, thanks for being on the show today. |
| 0:55.8 | You're welcome, man. I'm a member of the AARPA, you know, that's my gang now. |
| 0:59.4 | Yeah. So, and for those that don't know, Paul actually let us do this interview before he was |
| 1:04.8 | going out to have dinner with the mayor. That's right. I'm going to have dinner with the mayor, |
| 1:09.2 | Garcetti, who, by the way, is half Mexican. |
| 1:12.2 | So that means that he only likes enchiladas. |
| 1:16.3 | So let's get right into it, Paul. |
| 1:18.3 | First question, what's it like to make people laugh for a living? |
| 1:22.9 | Well, it's something that I've done all my life, really, you know? |
| 1:25.1 | I mean, it was the thing I did best. |
| 1:27.8 | I wasn't the strongest or the baddest or the fastest kid in my school. I was the funniest |
| 1:32.9 | and that was my special powers, you know, like the Fantastic Four, you know. It's a good power. |
| 1:40.3 | I didn't think it would be a career. But like most stand-ups, I think it's not something you |
| 1:46.3 | teach. It's something you are, you know. You're either just a happy, funny, happy-go-lucky kind of guy, |
| 1:53.7 | or you're a morose, angry dude who stays home and masturbates, you know? Yeah. There's not much |
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