I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.

You could go to Estonia and there's probably an episode of 'Seinfeld' playing there. Television is a very powerful thing.

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.

Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

Only love and compassion can bring true and lasting transformation

We have but one permanent home: heaven - that's still the old truth that we always have to re-learn - and it's only through the impact of sad experiences that we assimilate it.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

"Only the pots know the boiling points of the broths," she says as Tita weeps into the wedding batter she is making to celebrate the marriage of her sister to her own true love.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality.

The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee.

You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for.

It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.