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Rehearsals make a huge difference.
I had a whole new respect for directors.
The New York Times made you or broke you.
I love life, and I embrace every minute of it.
Independent film is for actors that love to act.
Latins for Republicans. It's like roaches for Raid.
Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.
That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.
I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.
With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.
My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.
Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.
To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.
I'm a very tough dad. I mean, I'm a fun dad, but I'm a tough dad.
Don't confuse the beginning of my world with the breakup of yours.
I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.
I like helping people achieve their dreams just like people helped me.
I did an HBO movie called Undefeated that I directed. It was too hard.
The difficulty of being a Latin kid, a Latin man in this country [U.S].
I feel I don't get credit enough for it, the pioneering I did in comedy.
I love the power of theater. I think it's an experience you never forget.
The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.
I'm just more comfortable with people who are like me than the people who are not.
Acting is kind of a calling for me so I'm just happy to be there and do great work.
The more times you do something, the more likely it is you're going to get it wrong.
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
I love life, man, and I embrace every minute of it, so maybe I bring that on the set.
I love cartoons. So when they came to me to make Ice Age and this sequel, I was so happy.
I was quiet a lot when I was picked on as a kid because I didn't have anything to say back.
I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.
It might have been really cool back in the '50s when it was less populated but I don't know.
I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.
Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.
Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.
I knew Linda Cardellini from when we did ER together - she was always great, such a cool spirit.
He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he's always operating.
I was just school class clown and that was it. Someday I'll get a job as a cab driver or whatever.
You just want to go off and be intuitive and wild, and that's what Bryan Cranston brings to the game.
I wanted to enjoy the process. I wanted to enjoy just being on stage and giving back and the feedback.
He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.
We need a lot more positive Latin role models in movies and in television. They exist! It's not fiction.
Movies, like old-school TV, are cheesy, corny. Movies are not exciting anymore. They're not cutting edge.
I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.
The beautiful thing about acting is that you can go your whole life if you stay current and you stay fresh.
Work for work's sake doesn't thrill me, but when I'm in the zone, I'm creative, and the expression is free.
All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it... which is the smarter way to do it.
We need to stand up and become a united front against a common enemy. It's important for us to not be divided.
I think as you mature as an actor things open up to you in a lot of ways, especially if you do work on yourself.
I did Brad's first film The Take and I'm glad Brad [Furman] has not calmed down. I don't want him to ever calm down.
I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school.