Aim your comedy guns at the right target is my basic takeaway from those who do comedy right and why I’m liking today’s comedy book by Joe Randazzo “Funny on Purpose” on page 15 we get Seven Traits of highly successful comedy people: Self-Doubt, Excellent Procrastination Skills, Fear of the unknown, Laziness, Fear of Failure, … Continue reading Cruz Book Quotes: Funny on Purpose
A very confused young teen Cruz growing up in the Bronx (that’s me, all hair) — ‘rocking the 80’s Michael something (during my gang years) yeah, some pictures where meant to be destroyed…this hair tells a story of things to come * Follow me on Twitter @HenryCruz101
‘Remember in 2003 when I screened my behind-the-scenes ‘making porn‘ video apart of that ‘DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art‘ Gallery show and it got reviewed in the Arts Section of the New York Times newspaper? – What — No, you say…let’s roll that videotape bob Okay, I only got one line in the … Continue reading Cruz Art show reviewed in the New York Times
Today’s quotable book is from the 2010 book by Jeffrey Escoffier Bigger than Life: The history of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore — picked because it’s a well researched look at the history of Gay Porn, and well, ’cause I’m in it — Enrique Cruz (that’s ME — or my Porn-Alter-ego and that … Continue reading Cruz Book Quotes: Bigger Than Life…
Having had sex with both men & women allows me to walk in many shoes with a soft spot for understanding bisexuality — although, now when asked if I’m gay my answer is I’m selectively gay — which I’m sure stirs up some folks that firmly believe for a dude, once-you-go-cock — you’re locked into … Continue reading Debating being Gay versus being Straight
It started a few months back when I bought a stylus for my iPad. Around the same time I was seeing cartoons made-of-dust on my bathroom wall – the logical brain says it was just dust but my mind says: ‘ooooh no, that’s a fully formed cartoon cat on my wall’ — maybe I need … Continue reading Birth of a web cartoon world?
In Episode # 27 myself (Henry Cruz) and Comedian Keith Fuerstenberg chat “Art of Learning” and “speaking clear to be heard” and other rants and funny side trips… with the Our HeadSpace Podcast we’re on a journey to become better people & forming better relationships. (re-share often on your own social media) You can listen … Continue reading My fun Podcast Our HeadSpace Ep # 27
Here’s a Out Magazine (June 1999 issue) blast from the past — & a really chubby porn director (yeah, wow that…is…me on pages 85-89 with some other NY-porno-dudes) I can barely remember saying any of those quotes by me in my interview here, I guess nowadays I can call them alternative facts — although most … Continue reading Out Magazine: The Porn Kings of New York?
‘recently on the Our Headspace podcast I joked, ‘I’m only Enrique Cruz the porn director on Mondays and Fridays‘ ‘spending all day thinking about ‘dick‘ could be exhausting – I did it for 10 years as a director and I’ve moved on to more fertile pastures (well sorta) — like the Mafia — and thanks … Continue reading I’d be a great cartoon character
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