Cristela Alonso
👤 Speaker
989
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
It's because a lot of the women I knew, that's what they did for a living.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And when I understood that, I realized that as a woman, I wanted to break that glass ceiling, you know?
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
But as a Mexican, I want to clean that shit, too.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
The school got the choir program defunded.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
I wanted to do something in the arts still.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
So eighth grade, I switched over to theater.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
My teacher, Mr. Honnell, had this exercise.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
He's like, I want everybody to pick an appliance.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And then when I say go, you're going to act out that appliance, make the noise of it, blah, blah, blah.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And he said that and I didn't do anything because I thought it was so ridiculous.
Fresh Air
Comic Cristela Alonzo
And then he came over to me and he's like, why aren't you doing it?