Berner Phone - Andrea Lopez: Impressions & Imperfections

Episode Date: September 24, 2022

Andrea Lopez is famous for impersonating your favorite pop culture icons such as Teresa Giudice, Kristin Cavallari, and Jennifer Coolidge. She explained to me when she first discovered her talent for impressions, how she's used humor as a coping mechanism for childhood trauma, and how she deals with her anxiety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Burning and Hell. Oh my gosh. You guys know how I love having Bravo Lebrides on Burning in Hell. And we have one of my besties. I've known her for so long. We met at Betches. Give it up for the newly married Teresa Guidice. Oh, my God.

Thank you. having to be here. Wait, that's not my name, Pete. You always mispronounced. How wait, how are you saying it? Say it again. Goudiche. What? Where do you say? No, Teresa Goudice. I was like, wait, I forgot how to say it. Tries, I feel like you changed it all the time. Trey, what do I do? Like, I can't even keep up with it. Also, your wedding was beautiful. I did stick up, like, page, talk shit about your hair. I thought it was all, it was you. It was perfect for you. Yes. If you saw me like years ago you know my first wedding i did that same hair do but like smaller so this i went big better like just bigger so it's always been me just like your new husband bigger and better

how expensive were the smoke machines yo not as much as the fireworks and like and my hair like 150 bobby pins that was like just that metal alone how did you get it out oh my god i had je helping me i had milania i had i had my sisters louis was even in on that like it was like oh my god i still got some left did you hear from your ex at all who juicy joe no isn't he like selling time shares in like in like the caribbean also wait what's going on with you melissa like she wasn't invited like are i feel like in long term you might regret that no no oh my god you guys we have the most amazing impressionist voice actress comedian actress like literally the one the funniest woman i know funniest people i know andrea lopez welcome to hell thank you hannah we just reenacted an actual

scene than i had before but i've been i met you no i heard of you first from the taylor strecker show right because anyone who gets along with taylor loves each other is just like a weird cult and she was like you have to and then you are are infamous for your Kardashian impressions, and I had you on Giggly Squad Surprise Paige as Courtney. One of my best interviews ever, truly. Paige was confused. I think more than she believed that it was a bit. She confused herself so much because she, like, knew it wasn't possible but couldn't fathom that your voice was so good.

Can I do ask Courtney some questions really quick? Court, I know that, like, Kim recently had a boy toy and she's single now. Have you been jealous at all from the attention? Kim's been getting from her relationships. Yeah, I mean, I just think the real ones know who to look out for. You know what I mean? Also, you just came out with this new gummy, the lemmy gummies. Yes.

The photo shoot was a choice. It really was. I wanted my ass, like, half exposed. And then we just got these, like, we went to Michael's Arts and Crafts. And we bought a bunch of styrofoamies. fast fashion you guys sustainability so we went to michael can you can you speak more about sustainability because you were kind of general in the promo right yeah so i'm like i'm just so busy right now i thought i was busy before but i just did a collab with boo-hoo which is about sustainable fast fashion yeah

what about it just that it's fast and sustainable okay that makes sense so like recyclables that's um yeah one of the buzzwords, I see what they said. But yeah. How are you and Travis's sex life? It's just like whips, chains. We leave nothing to the imagination. A lot of feet. So nothing slowed down since getting married?

Truly, no. And, like, I was, like, thinking after our whole Italy getaway that, like, my vagina would be done so. But it's really not. Like, I've just been in the sheets. freaky sheep. I'm so obsessed with you. So, okay, you're the first person ever to be on the show like this. And I'm trying to you like you're a little freak, but like you're a fucking freak.

You're a fucking freak. How did you first realize you were good at impressions? I realized back in high school. I used to, I went to an all girls Catholic school. And we used to have nuns as teachers. And there was this one nun who taught religion class. And it was Bible study. legit studying the Bible, Corinthians.

I think she left the nunnery, but she had this deep voice. And I thought it was so funny. And she would be like, we're going to talk about this again and again. It's going to be in the final. Corinthians 19 verse 2. And I would do it after class.

And I'd be like, yo, nun's whack, bro. And so I would just do the impression. And my friends, they were dying. And I was like, when you hit the impression, right? It's like, you're watching a magic trick. I didn't know how people responded to it

until I think I got to like college. And I started, I worked on Courtney. There's old YouTube videos of me doing Courtney and it's trash. Okay, so it was a journey. Journey, almost like 10 years. I almost like to compare it to like, like I love to draw, for example, fun fact, you guys know about me. But also people be like, I don't know how to draw.

And I'm like, draw my face. And they won't even like draw the details in the ears or like they won't draw the nostril. And I'm like, can you not see that there's details in the ears? But it's like, that's how I feel with impressions where like I'll see someone and I'll do an impression, but you do the fucking. in details to like how their mouth moves like the nuances in their voice the pauses but i really think that's just a brain thing like you can you see things that we don't see i guess it's like picking up

a lot of details i'm pretty detail oriented but thank you damn that was no use i'm gonna play that when i'm like at home at night when i need to like go to sleep right when it gets dark when it gets dark i do do a really good elizabeth holmes but i think it's because i my voice naturally sounds like hers when i go low i just go hi my name is elizabeth holmes This sounds exactly how she sounds. This is exactly Elizabeth Holmes. You guys, I'm Elizabeth Holmes. And that's all I do.

Yes, it is the deep, though. But it's naturally it. But I can't like, like, you can change your voice to so many different things. What are some new fun ones that you've been working on? And how do you decide which ones you want to do? There's definitely idiosyncrasies to each voice I choose with Courtney. I knew it was like the nasal and then the S's. So I tried to do Chloe and Kim and those I just found much.

harder. I just couldn't really get that. But I usually look for key words that they say. Jennifer Coolidge is, oh, that, um. Just a lot of ums, ohs. Yeah. So, um, God. I, well, yeah. I usually look for a character that just has so many descriptive things that you can just use those little things over and over again. And then you just build on the impression. I'm literally just like telling people about you, but it's because I'm low-key obsessed. I'm upset. It's so genius that like, something will happen like Teresa gets married and then we get to see your impression of it or like when people are in the news you also do an oh my god you do an amazing Kristen Cavalari Kristen what did I start doing her oh because she kept she always said Stephen and I was like okay so I did exactly joke of like I put my hair like this yes and I was like stay then done so I did and like that's all I did and then you came out with your like whole character of her wait so Kristen

you have a new podcast with Stephen back to the beach do you like being back to the beach is it fun do you and stephen have any like lingering feelings i mean like look at him no but like low key no we're done that that that relationship is like so old and stale yeah almost like pumpkin bread that i like have on my counter right now and um i don't know i just like bringing up memories of cobo is like triggering like i literally like smell tequila when somebody says cobo and Are you wearing Forgiven James? What's it called again? Uncommon James.

Oh my God. Let's talk about the Spangle. Okay, this necklace, it's all about stacking, you guys. This necklace is called chocolate. Destiny. Destiny, Galactus, Leo, Scorpio. This is called Brody is an asshole. it's so funny she has um she does collections of the jewelry and that was another thing is a lot of her

stories she doesn't do a lot of stories in instagram but when she does she's usually talking about her jewelry or back to the beach she's usually promoting stuff so i just love talking about her jewelry and she's like this collection is inspired by my trip to makanos this one's called grace this one's called the ocean and each has like their own word for the for the jewelry but she did reach out and i want to give a shout out to christian she said girl that's like that's awesome you need to play the part and she sent me the most beautiful handwritten note and this is It's actually a jewelry she sent me. Shut the fuck up.

From Uncommon James. So shout out, shout out. Shout out. She's a real one. She was really sweet. And I love when they get the impression. Like they, it's a,

they understand humor. They can laugh at themselves. I remember someone did like a summer house impression back of the day of like, it was so good. And it was so funny. I, yes. But that's the thing. If it's not funny,

then it could hurt someone's feelings. Or if you're just being mean, it makes certain people laugh, but not the actual person. But that's what I love about your impressions. You're not being mean. You're literally just like. doing them to a fucking tea to the point that you're freaking people out you're freaking people out you're freaking people

out you're freaking me out sometimes the most recent one i did of teresa because she's on dancing with the stars yeah i got really antsy about i posted a live after dancing with the stars because she was i'm in 12 i was in 12th i was in 12th i was at the bottom too and i was like hello i was way better than a dia's bitches and so i went i did a live and um after i did it i was like did i say anything mean like i do have these like negative like i hope well because that's not your job we're not trying to make I'm not trying to be mean. But you're also, sometimes you're making fun in a way that it teeters the line. Has Teresa ever talk to you?

No, but her makeup artist, Priscilla. Yeah. She reached out and she was like, this is funny. Also, I love Teresa. I don't think Teresa uses her. Like, she doesn't really. Yeah. So she probably has watched it.

She just doesn't know how to message. People say they sent it to her. Yes, but I don't think, I think someone runs her social. Yeah. I mean, she like barely watches the Bravo show that she's on. On. Yeah. She, I told you, she called me girl with no job.

Stop. Like, after our interview, we, I saw her in the street and I immediately, like, just waits her, like, oh, I just interviewed this person. I know. I'm like, oh, my God, there were all these video cameras around her. She's wearing a gown. She goes, oh, my God. Girl with no job.

And I started dying laughing. I was like, yes. For all in sense of purposes, yes, I am. I told the story to go with no job. And it was like, that's so Teresa. Oh, my God. It's epic. But she's actually so fucking nice.

Okay, that's amazing. so fucking nice. But I've also met Melissa, who was so fucking nice. So, like, you can't pick sides. Like, they're both just really nice and they're in their own family shit. With the Melissa and Joe, I met Teresa's brother Joe before his show. And we did a little Teresa Joe action. I was so excited for you, Joe. My guy, you're going to do great. And he was just as nice as you're saying they are. They really are. When I first got into Bravo, my friends who did Bravo PR was like, you need a good lawyer. And I'm going to hook you up. So Teresa's lawyer was the first. guy that got me into reality TV.

What? And he was the one who gave me advice where he was like, they're going to put you into like a role and you just have to lean in. The worst thing you could do is just have people forget about you. They're going to love you or hate you. Don't be the one that they forget about. Oh, I like that. And he was like, think, are you going to be the truth teller?

Are you going to be, you know, the messy girl, like figure it out? And so he gave me like, and he goes also like, you want to be the voice of the audience. Like you want to explain what people are thinking. like he just gave me like so much good advice and he was like Teresa's the best that it but she she doesn't think she just is herself truly like you could tell Melissa like is a little more

I don't want to say smart in her tactics but like Melissa thinks things through more I feel like where Teresa right flipping tables yeah you don't you didn't think before that and it's iconic so when did you decide when did you make the big decision that you want to be

a creative that you want to be a performer I'm a performer I've always loved I just love chit-chatting and I think you can agree with that is just like you know that you're social I saw you last night

I mean just just the social butterfly It's so funny that people always say they go Oh you were talking to everyone You were you were talking the room I looked over I was like damn she's hit all corners of the room

I had to be doing this I go 100 and then I go home and I go zero Like I'm not that Like people see me at parties Like do you want to do cocaine We're going out after this And I go, don't mistake this fun four-minute interaction that I'm actually fun. We went to Hillstone and I was like, get a martini.

You're like, do they have espresso martinis? No. All right. I'll take water. I was like, what? I was like, what else they got? That was so much fun. That was so fun.

And I'm sorry that you left before the ribs came out. Oh, yeah. I have regrets from that night. I, wait, wait. I didn't fully answer. To be creative, anybody, if you just love talking to people, if you love creating stuff, it'll always be your power. but it wasn't until I was able to make some money from it that I started feeling a little bit more

confident that I can like fully do it. Because you're in with Comedy Central. Right. That took years. That was like a gig that like I got later on. But I just want to remind people that you can make money through things that you love. What was your first gig? First a gig. Oh my God. I've worked everything under the sun. I used to work for a temp agency and I was giving tours. I was working as a receptionist. I was a nanny one time. I just showed up to a family. And I was like, I'm the me, I guess. I found an attempt job. But the first gig, gig that I got for actual working, I pitched myself as an intern for a,

well, I worked in radio, but then I went home to D.C. My mom went through like a very serious depression period. So I went home and I started emailing all these old connections I had. And there was a really big D.C. radio show. And I found the email, emailed her. She brought me in. And then I just started interning on the side, which then grew to co-hosting, which then grew to producing and, yeah, but I did start from the bottom.

Lest did not be known that I. Oh, yes. Yeah. But it's, it's interesting when you know you have all this talent, but you know like you had to take the steps to even get in front of the camera. Oh, yes. Like what you're fucking meant to do. Right. And I actually followed your career trajectory. I looked you up. I looked at like what you did. If you look up to people, look at what they're doing and you were doing video producing and video sketches. And I did that with other people where I was like, oh how'd she get to where she was exactly i think that's like a key part in that makes me so happy too because it's like when there were a lot of kind of gatekeepers especially with like women in comedy now there's so many ways that we can i mean like what you're doing on ticto is so sick

and so awesome and i literally brag i go thank you like people have sent me stuff and i'm like yeah she's my friend speaking of mental health how is your depression how's your anxiety what's going on with you? It's probably like a mixed cocktail. Yeah. I'm a very uplifting person. And I think it's because I grew up in one of those, I'm half Mexican, half American. So it's almost like that old school mentality of what is mental health? You don't need to go to the therapist. Like, why are we going to pay? I'll tell you what's wrong with you. You have problems? All right. Eat this burrito and call it a day. You didn't drink, eat your soup. You didn't finish your soup. What do you think is going to happen? You have no soup.

That's the Italian grandma. That's it. You didn't eat the chicken parmesan and you're complaining. You're sick. Eat your chicken parmesan and you shut the fuck up. You're obviously just still hungry. You're thirsty. All right?

Say your prayers. We'll go to church on Sunday. Yeah. So I think we're just starting. Now I'm seeing a lot of my friends go to therapy. And so I'm starting my own mental health journey. But my mom did always deal with depression. And I was always the uplifter.

Was she aware of it? I think definitely. She had a really hard upbringing, but she still came from that old school mentality that she's still working through that. And she's like, what are the therapist going to tell me that I don't already know her famous line yes so i'm even trying to encourage her to just go to therapy just to talk to somebody but i am happy that it's more of a conversation now and the more she understands herself the more you understand yourself totally i'm in like a therapy journey with my mom where i went

into therapy and i would talk to my mom about stuff going on and she started to be like wait i feel that way too right and then she got the confidence to be like well it's it's clearly stuff that i need to talk about right because we're similar to my mom we have certain stuff that we're both working on together now where I will call each other and she'll be like this happened but then I realized that it actually wasn't me it was my anxiety and I'm like yay we're working through it but it's also good the more she understands herself the more like she can help you understand yourself which is totally yeah we're very religious family so I'm trying to teach her that you can also look to other avenues for help it's not necessarily you can pray and meditate and do whatever you do

but I think there's also um other key things you can be working towards like seeing a therapist Just because you're seeing a therapist doesn't mean that you're not believing in God. Oh, yeah. So I think she, like, struggles with that. So the more people I talk to and explain my situation to her, just like you, I think she's starting to be like, oh, that's a possibility. Okay. But they have that old school mentality.

What stuff have you done so far with your mental health journey? Looked for, I've done some of the apps, but I need to be a lot more proactive, like actually finding somebody like a therapist that I do love. It's hard. It's really hard. Like dating. Right. And I'm like, this again, it's another.

job. But I have Sunday scleries. I have the whole relationship that I ended and I never really talked about it. Just childhood stuff. My parents. So there are, yeah, there's things that I never really thought. Yeah. The gambit. Yeah. Just a normal one, two, three. Also, I've never said that word before and I don't know why I said it right now. That's the underutilized word. Gambit. Good word. Run the gamut. Run it through the garden But do you feel like your creativity helps you cope sometimes

with stuff? Oh my God laughter gets me through literally everything. Same. I mean that's another reason why I started doing comedy is because I saw my mom

going through a really tough time and I would be like all right, it's showtime baby we got to make her laugh and we would just like do you know I love to see her laugh

and it brings me so much joy to see other people gaining happiness from me I think the best part of being on social media enjoy my voices is people will be like I had the worst day my boss like shit with my family

and I watched your Teresa video and I just got five minutes of laughter and I was like I could be broke but like if my stupid little impression is bringing you happiness like amen so can you turn it off I can turn it off

way better than some of my other impressionist friends they be out I'm like y'all I'm trying to have happy hour and they're like so anyway I did day Because we all have friends like that in the comedy community where you're like, bro, it's funny, but like I can't laugh anymore. Can we just fucking chill out for a second? My fake laughter has run. Exactly. I can't keep this going. And don't, can you stop trying your shit on me?

And also for you to have like real intimacy with people there has to have that moment where you can be real with them, which is hard. Yeah. But it is funny that, yeah, some people don't turn that shit off. I mean, it's like, okay, the bit was over five minutes ago, bro. Five hours ago. And they're still trying to like do little snippets and like, we're all. funny here you're also dating someone who does impersonations how often are you guys like practicing with each how much does your job coincide with the relationship because i'm with another comic too

that's why i was interested little dessy little dessy baby that dessy baby that's he has a little nicknames we can talk about this i want to know all the nicknames i just i do baby talk with him and he'll be like i'm not going to respond to you if you're talking like that and i was like but i'm tired and he's like can you talk like a grown-up? And I'm like, no. And then I hang out. I don't want to. I don't want to. Look, I have to be a grown-up all fucking day. I know. This is my time to come home. But yeah, like, because we talk about work a decent amount. Yeah. I definitely think so too. Sometimes he's a lot into the analytics of social. And to me, that stuff is just like, I don't want to talk about. Right. Like the percentages of your audience. And during the day, I mean, of course. But sometimes it gets a little bit too much. Then I'm, we're really honest with each other. And we just are like, okay, turn it. Turn it off. That's good. Let's just kill our brain cells and watch some reality TV. Thank you.

Well, you also have to realize when you're enabling each other, if you both have a similar thing you like talking about. Like I know does and I, there are certain things where we're like, we're not talking about it anymore. It's like our dirty little, like, it's like a drug. We like to get into work stuff. And it's like, no, we're not getting into it. But occasionally I'm like, we've talked about this for 45 minutes. I'm like, we're being naughty. This is bad. We shouldn't stop. Have you dated guys out of the industry? Oh my gosh. This is my first time dating somebody that's actually works in comedy, entertainment.

And it's actually, it's really fun. You can bounce ideas off each other. Yeah. We write sketches together. We work on voices together. And yeah, it's really funny. But sometimes, so he does Trump and Sebastian and he has like certain words.

He never takes any of my impression. Sometimes we do a little Kristen, but I'm always like, excuse me. Stop it. So that's like our thing we always say in bed. I'm like, excuse me, that's too far. Oh, oh. And to like to see two trumps in bed,

it's a part of his bit and I'm like actually that does happen and I'm embarrassed. Okay, there's a thin line when two comics are sleeping together because like I've had I've dated a comic where like he would go into full like just a different person the whole time but like he was laughing but I was like now you're like doing it though like you're still doing it even though like you're fucking me as a French dude right now and then like Des and I will start joking about something but it's like hard to go from laughing to trying to be serious to laughing we can't even watch porn together because he starts making fun of it and like my other friends don't get it they're like what get in the mood and I'm like you know you don't understand like when your relationship is based off of making each other laugh based off of comedy and like being jokes so much in the bedroom and then sometimes he'll be like you got to be serious come on focus but then he's making jokes and I'm like oh so you could get laugh but I can't make you laugh that's not allowed which is not allowed no that is rule number one not allowed so like do you guys ever have trouble getting serious with stuff totally and I also of avoid serious anything so even even sex for me was such a taboo thing you know i like was a late

bloomer so even trying to like be sexy i still try to make it a joke like always i mean even when i say i love you sometimes i'm like i love you exactly and he's like saying your real voice and i'm like i love you goes into elizabeth holmes yes i love you i'm always joking i started doing the dance live this elizabeth holmes did i love you um but it's funny because it's like they like us because we're funny but then they like they like us because we're funny but then they want like I joke that I have intimacy issues but it's I mean I haven't really delved into that deep that's coming up next year in therapy okay is appropriate for someone with intimacy issues I'm like I haven't really dug into it but I I do think like we're definitely protecting ourselves in some

capacity but I'm somebody who deals with depression and it's something that like I don't really always know that I'm in until I'm out and then you also like it's not fun sometimes like you want to be there for people around you so like right when you how do you have any advice for dealing with someone who you love who has depression and like the best way of coping uh if you're in a relationship or just any in general like someone you care about who has depression i think you have to know their limits and if you see them um truly in need try not to be selfish and be like i think this is a time for you to do whatever you need to do that makes you feel better whether it's seeing your therapist whether it's doing hobbies that you love um just try not to be a selfish friend

especially in a relationship sometimes I go into these spirals on weekends where like I drink too much and then I have hangover anxiety and I like start talking like rambling I'm like I don't think I'm good enough I'm never going to succeed

and all these things and I haven't done any work this weekend and I got to be on the TikToks and I got to do this and I got to need to Teresa and Teresa's on dancing with you know Teresa is doing more than I am I can't keep up with Teresa I'm dancing with doing voices

I feel like I have to be involved in all their lives and it gets to be a lot sometimes so Nick my boyfriend will just sometimes be like okay take a chill pill I'll call my mom. And I think those people in your lives that are truly looking out for you are the ones that

are the relationships you need to hold on to the most, if that makes sense. Because I have so many friends I'll go to dinner with them and I love them. But I realize that it's not a mutual beneficial relationship. I'm constantly asking about their lives. They don't ask how I'm doing. I'm like, I've literally, we've literally been sipping on drinks and eating nachos for an hour. And not once have you asked me how work's going. But it took me so long because I have friends that are like going out friends.

and friends that are... How old are you? I'm 28. That is literally the exact time when you start like really figuring out your friendships. Because I think about when you're younger, like in college, you're just like, I want friends. Right. And like anyone who's down to be a friend, like, oh my God, I have friends. And then you're like in your new careers and you're like, yeah, and you're figuring it out. And then at 28, you start realizing, holy fuck, I don't have time for all this shit. And I remember like when I was 27, 26, I had such a great party friend group. Yes. And then like it gets a little deeper and you're like, oh, you guys don't give a fuck about me actually as a human.

If I went to the hospital, could I call you guys up at 3 a.m? No. Would I do that for you? Yes. You would leave me for dead. Like literally. You have left me for dead. But it really like that killed me. That was a big transformative period where I was like, it's okay. It's not like they have anything against you. It's just knowing like I also am a very like I like a small circle around me because it takes a lot to because I want my people to know everything about me. Yes. That when I need advice. they don't have to catch them up exactly so i can i can't do that with more than like two or three people when you're so small i was managing like six seven like my like oh geez yes yes yeah i've also worked on like trauma dumping less on people that don't need it like like i'm like i can be close to this person without being like okay this all like the bus driver you're like exactly i'm like i need to leave this person alone um okay we are going to play a final game.

Oh my God, I love games. You're healing it. Okay. Things are fine. It's called the Seven Deadly Sins. Oh, duh. Yeah. Seven Deadly Sins.

What are you greedy about? What am I greedy about? Time sometimes. I'll tell anybody that dinner reservations at eight, it's $7.55. I'm like, I'm almost there. And I am 20 minutes late. I'm really trying to work on time management. Yeah.

But I'm greedy with time, and it took me a long time to realize that people don't have all day. Yeah. They also have schedules. My thing is I hate being early more than I hate being late. Sam, bro. Like, I'm like, what? What? I'm just going to stay in here, play with my dick for 10 minutes.

Exactly. So I'm like, I'd rather be five minutes late. Right. And have done more shit that I needed. Thank you. But, and then sometimes when you start doing creative stuff where everyone's just waiting for you, you're like, what are you guys are going to do? start without me

I am the talent you're not so like you can wait five fucking minutes but no I'm really trying to get better I also think my whole life I was forced to be on time for everything so now I get a little loosey goosey without I'm older

right because you're trying to have ownership of like what your career and it's a good feeling do you say no to things that in this industry I feel like it's hard in the beginning to say no to things say no to heroin

but everything else you can say yes to him. I had a guy tell me early on in my career never say no to a stand-up show. Okay, but that... And I literally, I was like, yes, and I did it. And then, like, to this day, I was still doing it. And I told that guy, I was talking to him. And I was like, you know, I won't let you know.

I've never said no to a stand-up show. And he goes, yeah, not now in your career. And I was like, what? And he's like, that's why you're fucking exhausted. You're on tour. Then you're doing fucking basements. Then you're doing it. And I was like, well, you didn't tell me that second part.

Right. That would have been useful information. And I guilt chip myself where I'm like, yeah, I need to be on stage. Yeah, saying, I don't say no to a lot of jobs. And I probably have like five jobs right now. But it's all about the hustle. You do. But right now, yeah, it's bringing you joy and you know what it's like to not have work.

Right. And that is not no way no. But the goal is to get to the point. Right. Like once an agent told this to me, he was like, I want to get to the point where we're not discussing what you want to do. We're discussing what we should say no to. And that's power.

And that's power right day. That is some powerful shit. And that also calmed me down, like, oh, so you can get to that point. Yes, which is the most reassuring thing to know. Because I was like, how long am I going to be doing this? Yeah. Do you like the entrepreneurship or do you ultimately, like, are you manifesting, you know, being in movies or like having your own TV show or both? I love all things entertainment.

I've started in radio, but I love talk shows. I look up to people. I used to say Tiffany Haddish, but she's going through some drama right now. So we're going to. There's some allegations. But Nikki Glaze is another good example. Yeah. Just they have their hands in a lot of buckets.

And I think people like us, we need all of these different creative outlets because we're always like, well, I want to try this and I want to try this. Yeah, I love projects. I love, I love a new project. Give this girl some markers. She loves arts and crap. Literally, when I was going to go and do like, she loves her project. She doesn't finish any of them, but she loves them.

But yeah, yeah, it's, you're also in a place where, like, no one can put you in a box. But then it's also like there's so many things that you can do. But I really feel like more and more people are knowing who you. you are and like it's like for example i'm even thinking like if i ever got a talk show like i know you're on it with me like i know you i'm gonna hit you up to do shit right so it's like you don't even know the extent that you're already planted seeds for shit so true i mean i could i don't say no to jobs really so yeah s&L's always been a big dream but now there's just so many other avenues you can take podcasting and talk shows and appearances and i'm open to all this industry was when you

growing up has like changed so much so much and especially just getting um more eyes on your stuff social media has helped so much with that i was literally for nbc bring the funny back in 2019 i was scouted on instagram because i used a hashtag and this talent scout was like i was like by the way i have 2 000 followers um how did you find me yeah and he was like i i searched hashtag female impressionist you were one of the people that popped up and we love your stuff and i was like hashtags work not a thousand but now even though it's changed it's crazy that like you only had 2,000 with the talent you had but that's because there wasn't an avenue like TikTok where you could go viral completely yes

but now people fart on TikTok and they're viral so I'm like all right it's no it's true it's true TikToker means a lot of things these days it's so true I mean I'm obsessed with TikTok but that's it's a fun another another creative outlet who you envisov envious of um probably uh shonda rhymes People that have already won all the awards. I'm like, damn, that's amazing. Like, how did you do that? I feel like she did it also like she was not in people's faces. Like she was just working.

Working her ass off. You didn't know where she was. She was out there like hustling. Yeah. And she wasn't about the glitz and glam. At all. And now she's fucking loaded with all this power and creativity. Incredible.

Yeah. I think I'm envious to just people that have just like these genius brains that can write incredible sitcoms like Nick Kroll. I can name a bazillion people. But I'm like, how'd you do that? Because I want to do that. But then when I like put pen to paper, I'm like, this is trash. But it's all part of the journey.

Like, you just got to keep working towards it. And I know I read. But again, it's like you looking at your old, um, Teresa impression. Right. And it, and it was trash. But it's, you get better. And even like Denzel Washington still takes acting classes. Is that below your mind?

Holy shit. Yeah. So now I'm just like, well, I have a lot of work to do. I didn't know that. I'm going to start saying that. That's a good one. That's what Washington tells me. that's a gas, okay?

Yeah. Always work on yourself, your craft, anything. What do you gluttonous about? Glutness. Tacos. Oh, yeah? Slim gyms and talkies. Slim gyms.

I'm a slim gym bitch. And big mamas, which is disgusting. I literally can't believe I'm saying this. But I'm like a neat. What is the big mama? A big mama. Do you know what a big mom is? All right.

So you find it at a gas station. is also similar to slim jams. Yeah. Do you eat the tequitos at the gas station? Hell no. That's why I draw the line.

Okay? Be honest, I really have bad farts. I don't have stomach problems. It just like all comes out, but silent but deadly. Yeah. Bad.

We get it. Did you get that? It's horrible. Okay? It's an absolute volcano out of my asshole. So, yeah, big mamas are pickled

pickled sausage. It's like a big pickled, disgusting conglomeration. of meat but they're a little spicy i love anything pickled i love pickles i love pickles i love at the gas station at the gas station yes this is a really disgusting fact about me now i oh shit i cut it down to long car rides i had a like really long weekend um yeah and it doesn't like fuck with my stomach it just is like a little it goes right through you treat yeah no because i i'm very good at eating disgusting treats so i'm upset i didn't know what because i'll eat a slim gym yeah and i am i'll

Mexican every night of the week. I say to people don't ever knock Mexican because I'm like how could you not like it? But I'm like a big sour cream girl. Like if it doesn't have sour cream, I like have a fit. It's like Chipotle. I want. Yeah, but I want like I want enchiladas. I want burritos. I want casillas. I want nachos. I want tacos. Authentic and Americanized. Textmax. Yeah. Authentic. Yes. I'm totally down. So would you say your gluttonous about Mexican food? Because I could also get down on that Yes, I'm fully gladness about Mexican food. I could talk about it forever. Have you been to Mexico? Yes. My brother actually got married in Oaxaca, which is where we're from. Well, my dad's side. It's absolutely stunning. We did a tequila tasting. It was fantastic. That's amazing. My fun facts, my brother's

wife is actually half Mexican lives in Indiana. Random. How did she end up there? Who knows? Who knows? But like for the wedding, they had like the best homemade tacos. And I was like, how did you find a guy in Indiana? made tacos. Yes. He's like, well, my wife knows. They did.

Wait, does your brother live in Indiana? Yeah, now he does during the pandemic. He moved there. What?

And he's from Brooklyn. It was, I mean, there should be a sitcom written about that shit. But he has great tacos. Oh, my God. Well,

we do have good tacos. My abolita makes like, like the best of course. El Pastor. The carnitas. I mean, it's just, she has her own way.

Oh. But it's funny because I come from the Italian side where I'm like, oh, this eggplant Parmesan is not this restaurant's cute, but like try my nannas and that shit will fuck your face up nana still got it now she cooks and

she looks good yes you would do a good nana impression you would i would love to meet her i do she's amazing truly yes when was the last time you experienced extreme wrath or anger do you have a fiery side to you it's so crazy really nothing gets to me except for mean people i just don't really understand why you got beat like that yeah but how much how much hates you do with online considering you're like dealing with impersonations I mean, you go to their profiles and it doesn't bother me because I'm like, who the fuck is this, mother fuck? When you press on it, you're like, oh, but, but what they always have a quote about being

kind or like being a mom and taking care of the children or some religious Bible quote. And it's always about kindness and shit. And I'm like, why do you have to do that? Because now it makes me want to call you out, but I don't. I never call them out, but I do screenshot it just to like go back and laugh about it. I'm like, what are these lines? it's all they always have that life lesson a text in their bio and one needs to do like psychoanaly that yes no truly truly because if i went to their page and it said i love being an asshole i'd be like respect

yeah like respect own your shit not like right i know about kindness one person literally had like words can hurt people i'm like yeah your words just hurt me bitch but i don't get into um yeah but i truly i date italians i love italians they're sexy like, you know, and I don't say no to any other races, but truly I just love my motherfuck in Dallas. Well, you also live in Jersey, so they're like, the place is crawling with them. That's true. When was the last time you were a sloth, so like lazy? This past Sunday. I was out until 4 a.m. and I hate having down days, but I woke up at 12. This is, this is bad. I haven't had one of these days in a long time, but I'd have to say Sunday.

I woke up at 12. I looked at the clock. I was like, my fuck. I was. My fuck. I ordered a burrito and I watched Pirates of the Caribbean number five and at five o'clock rolled around and I was like, oh my God, I haven't accomplished one thing today. So I washed a bowl and then I I was like, all right. I'm a little type A, but it's only against myself. It's like a competitive against my own self and I feel really nervous when I take a day off. What does a typical workday look like for you? Typical work day. So I work as a creative for Comedy Central. So we have a meeting every morning, and they're pretty much free to do whatever you want as long as you're producing good content throughout the week. So I'm writing sketches and doing TikToks.

I also run a social media for Taylor Shrekker at the radio show. So I work on that all day. Yeah, meeting in the morning, do Taylor Shrekker, stare at TikTok and get some ideas, write out some bits for stand-up that I have yet to do. And then usually an audition, a voiceover. I go on Backstage.com. Don't be afraid of using these outlets like Backstage.com. And I find... And you've gotten stuff from it. I've gotten stuff from it. It's not anything glitzy. I got an audiobook. But it was really... It was a cool book. And it was really... It was a cool book. And it was. Yes. I mean, you're in the audio booth for eight hours. I was like, why did I sign up for me? But you can get jobs on there. So I do a lot of voiceover auditions with that. I mean, it can be a mixture. It mixed. Yeah. That's how my days are. And every day is different. Every day is different. Yeah. But yeah. But yeah, you're you're just battling yourself because you have the power to do nothing yeah yeah but i've realized that i will burn myself out so i'm like very and when you're like traveling on the weekend and shit you have to consciously be like oh i haven't had a weekend in three weeks right i know it's wednesday

and everyone's out working but you need to like take i call it mental health day true yes and don't be mad because you truly need something if you can't and only you know right like no one else is going to tell me they're making money off me. It's true. Like, you think a club's going to be like, no, don't come this weekend. Like, you have to be in control of, and you also, at the end of day, it's your art that people are paying for. So you need to bring your best out. Exactly. Yes. Exactly. Um, what was that time you let your pride of your ego get in the way of something? This is a tough one. This is a tough one. I, I hear a lot of people say, even on this show, that they have imposter syndrome. My ego, I never let it get too big.

like I think I come from a pretty tough upbringing where my parents a lot of the projects I even mentioned that's a big deal for me they're like what's that yeah send us the link yeah oh it's on Twitter we don't got that yeah it's on TikTok what yeah so that keeps me very much low ego I all I will always think that I need to like work harder to be at a better place that I want to be so yeah I like I feel like you have good I don't be grounded yeah you have good energy like TikTok hasn't changed you. 100% not. Like what the, with people that are like, you know those videos where like they get their, their suitcase. I mean, that's how I. No. Go to LA. Have fun with all the, like, have fun with all the shit on the floor. It's like these people, I will never change. I don't think just because I grew up with just normal, you know, my friends all treat me the same. And I don't really think I've made it anyway. So I'm not. But I, yeah, I would joke because my TikTok would like, oh, And I'll be like, it is going to my head. Don't look at me and talk to me.

I'm TikTok famous. Will I joke about it? 100%. Yeah, 100%. Did you actually go to sleep thinking I've done anything with my life? No. It is funny, though. It is really just virtual numbers.

It is. It's like a form of wealth where it's like you could feel rich. But like that's just a number in a bank account. You're still just you standing there. And now are you actually happier. Right. Until you're able to monetize those numbers and do something, which you've done incredible at, then you ain't doing.

But TikTok is. is hard with the monetizing where, like, I think they're afraid sometimes because TikTok will knock stuff down or it could get deleted. So, like, TikTok is not easy to monetize like Instagram is. That is 100%. But I'm telling you, it's planting seeds and places. We're gardening, honey. We're gardening. We got a green thumb. I feel, like, even for example, my made on the street videos the last couple of weeks I just started doing and they're doing well. And I know that, like, I feel like they're going to evolve where, like, in a couple of weeks, I'll see, like, how the impact they actually had, like, if people want to work with me and shit. Yes, yes.

But I'm actually, yeah, I'm doing more tonight. I'm going to the stand to do them. But they're fun. Like, I love doing this. So I want to do them. They're so fun. Thank you. Except not working with the man on the streets, when you have an objective where you don't, you're not too excited about.

It could be horrible. Horrible. You're basically, like, begging people to talk to you. Right. Like, yeah, I also am talking to my friends and it's comics and it's men that I'm making. uncomfortable, so I had a very, like, specific vision for it. Yes. Because bring up to random people in Union Square, ask them about their taxes. That shit is weird. Like, that's a whole other level of difficulty. I wouldn't really, yeah, I enjoy watching men squeal. It's really funny.

I was thinking, I was to my mom today. I was like, I need to think of something for the women. Like, I want to interview women. Like, I'm sick of putting these men on. And she goes, no, no, but like, it's good because you're making fun of them. It's fun of the men. The women are enjoying you making from the men. I was like, okay, I'll work on the women stuff because I'm not trying to make fun of women. No, no, no. We're supporting other women here. Like, Teresa and Kristen. Yes. Okay, when was the last time you lusted over someone? I know you have your Italian boy toy, but what's like, who's your like, um, celebrity crush? Tom Hardy, Chris Evans, Idris Alba. I could like dribble them off my tongue faster than you can say. Kamikaze. That's the quickest anyone's ever responded.

Tom Hardy is 5-7. I'm letting you know, but that's like your type right now. Really? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Maybe 5-9. Well, those are two different things. I mean, are they? Well, I'll tell you right now, because I'm a lot of guys that are 5-7 will be like, I'm 4-0. No, I'm newly very into like, it's like tall energy. It's not about if you're tall or not. It's tall energy. Totally. And I have to tell you, I've fucked 6-7. I've fucked 5-7 accidentally, but I did.

Tom Hardy height. Not saying it happen. Tom Hardy height. Tom Hardy, yeah. No, but your boyfriend, he's fucking. your boyfriend is really hot thank you um yeah you's got to see him last night yeah he um i would say his best quality is how kind he is and oh we don't need his best quality we don't care oh cool cool cool we yeah i go this is i just want to justify him um but he is cute he's cute bitch i don't want to know details and the fact that i know that i could tell that he's very supportive and

proud of you yes that has maybe a tall man would not be able to because he needs it all about him True. I mean, everybody that I have dated, and I love every one of my exes, like, truly, it was really, I was in a really long-term relationship. You're really good at being a politician right now. I love them all. I wish them the best. Okay. Actually, there was, there's always that one. There's one where you're like, I would kidnap him and cut him up in my refrigerator. Sorry, I just watched the new fucking, um, making a murder. No, what is that? I am a murder. Jeff Dahmer. Domer. Jeffrey Dahmer. And I watched three episodes today. because it was my mental health day. It's really good.

One of my favorite actors plays him. He was in haunting. Yes. Evan Peters. He's incredible. And he has a really good Midwest accent in it because I went to Wisconsin for college. You're like, and I know. So I fucking know a Midwest accent.

And I was like, oh, yeah, that's good. Oh, yeah. He's really, really good. Even with accents, I just loved him in that one series. It was the evil series. Yes. You know. Yes.

American horse. American art story. Final question. When you're in your darkness, you're having your Sunday scary, you're in a hard place. What advice would you give to the little devils

on how to cope with their health? Little devils. Well, sleep does help. You go, close your eyes. Just knock out. Let it go dark. Go back to sleep. Don't be too hard on yourself

because I'll get really hard on myself and I'll be like, you're supposed to be happy all the time. You're supposed to be doing stuff and working. But everybody is allowed to have off days good advice. I mean, I'm always trying to laugh. Oh, I usually go back and I watch my really favorite best female movies. Like, a stay good is Devil Wars Prada and I go to the scene where they

go gird your lines. And it makes me feel like I'm busy because the Emily was like doing all the magazines and shit. And I'm like, ooh, ooh, ooh. It gets me up. Or legally blonde when she gets into Harvard. Harvard? What? Like, it's hard. That movie, I just watched it on the plane on Delta. And I like had to call all my friends. I'm like, have we forgotten? Like, did Jenzy even? know how fucking go. Every single line that is iconic. Every single line. I mean, those are movies that I like because they're being productive in the movie and it's also a chick flick. Yeah. So those really get me out of my phone. What you also do is download the song, download the bookie. The like songs in those movies in the like early 2000s.

Oh. Better watch out. Then we're knock out. Oh my God. Because you can't stop now. Download all those songs and you get jack the fuck up. It's better than cocaine. Go into your bathroom. Throw on all those old hits. Put on like some cute bra top, some cute little roll up your sophy shorts. Yes. Have a dance party. Have a dance battle with yourself in the mirror. Yes. Put on some like weird flavored lip gloss and your go off. This smackers. Oh my God. The smackers. Yeah. Having a dance party with myself is really fun. And then I usually eat talkies or something. Tacos do solve a lot. What's your opinion on Taco Bell? Well, I know what Taylor trucker would say but she's obsessed um there's a time in a place yes okay yes just like anal there's a

yes i was having second thoughts about saying anal and who knows who's going to listen to this and i was like comparing taco bell to ankle um mom no stop okay don't go there um no taco bell is a late night for me it's a late night snack that you have at 3 a m yes like an easy taco it comes but it is an easy taco yeah i mean if i see it on the street well not in new york you get a little sketch no yeah that's the thing taco ball in new york it's got to be be like in one of those strip malls. You have to be at a low point. You're like, a real, things had to know what happened about here. You gave up on your dreams. Yeah. I would say it has to be out in like the burbs that you go to. And there's a drive through. Yes. They have a little

columns. Yes. Yes. They walk in. They get fancy. That's when you do it. Oh my God. I could talk to you forever. But Andrea, tell me where people can follow you. Listen to you. Give me all the goods. So I'm Andrea Lopez comedy on Instagram and TikTok. My website is Andrea Lopez comedy. I will be putting up some actual stand-up dates. I'm taking classes. It's always been a dream. I used to do stand-up in high school and college. And then I just, like, drifted off.

And now I think of it as such an art form. But if you're in New York, I will be doing some stand-up nights. And, yeah. I'm very excited for you. But also, what you've been doing, like, your improv and stuff, your joke writing just in, like, a different form. So stand-up is literally, like, just a different form of performance for you. It's a different, well, it's, like, a different way of writing jokes.

I think I'm, I see myself as a story-teller. Well, definitely. I have to. Okay, good. Definitely. I just wrote this one joke for Caitlin Jenner. Amazing. It's a, it's a perfect segue right into that. But I wanted to feel natural, you know? Okay, and now I need to go get some Mexican food. Like, I didn't mean it. That's racist. I go, this conversation has me hungry for a taco. And I want to eat her taco. Next time, I'm burning in hell. Check this out on YouTube. I love you so much. I love you so much. Bye.

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