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Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin

American Comedian

Born: Jul 13, 1946

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Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields

Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it. Cheech Marin

You Experience Back Kind Border Some Crossed Guy Given Truck Sophistication Know Any Just Being Just Kind Hollywood Credit

To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I'm a Chicano because I say I am. Cheech Marin

Attitude Me You Yourself Political Say Because Makes Am His Order Centers Declare Her Right

I was an altar boy and a choir member. Cheech Marin

Member Altar Boy Choir

I'm the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I'm the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent. Cheech Marin

Guy Except Priests New Accent Mexican Fitzgerald Barry

Yeah, I'm the go-to guy for Mexican priests. Cheech Marin

Guy Priests Yeah Mexican

I love voice work. Cheech Marin

Work Love Voice

I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley. Cheech Marin

Half Valley Fernando South Up Grew San Central

Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients. Cheech Marin

You Lie Sometimes Nutrients Well Fallow Order Gain Fields Need

Mexicans are quasi-legal. Cheech Marin

Mexicans

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months. Cheech Marin

Wife Three Self-Defense Months Out Born Russia Russian French Learn Italian Five Spanish Languages Speaks English Her Watched

So what's really behind the 'English Only' Movement? Fear. Fear of being taken over and one day they will have to learn something different. Heaven forbid they would have to learn something new. Cheech Marin

In the end, the great leveler in any sport is performance on the field or on the court. Kids don't care what language players speak or if they eat tacos, rice, or sauerkraut. They don't care if they're white, black, or brown. Cheech Marin

I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home. Cheech Marin

Time Best Home Great You Black Field Every Every Time Triple Stealing He Liked Robinson Because Around Making Jackie Jackie Robinson Hitting Turned Cool Play Watch

Whether it's from the biggest, most powerful city, or from the dinkiest little podunk town, there is a certain attachment and connection, and yes, pride about where you came from. Cheech Marin

You Pride City About Attachment Powerful Town Most Most Powerful Came Yes Where Biggest Whether Little Certain Connection

There are some Chicanos who don't want to be Chicanos - they want to be Mexican-American, Hispanic, or even Spanish. Cheech Marin

Some Hispanic Want Spanish Who Even

You have to want to be Chicano to be Chicano. Cheech Marin

You Want

The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States. Cheech Marin

Word Living Other States Term Mexicans Originally United United States

Don't ever insult a Chicano about being a Chicano because then all the other Chicanos will be on you with a vengeance. They will even fight each to be first in line to support you. Cheech Marin

You Fight Will First Other About Support Vengeance Because Insult Line Being Then Even Each Ever

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