I'd be terrified even now for a Latin kid wanting to be an actor, but back then? Forget it. They must have thought I was going to be working in restaurants and driving cabs for the rest of my life.

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.

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.

Latins for Republicans. It's like roaches for Raid.

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

Is there a God? Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mistakes all by Himself. This had to be done by committee.

I love life, and I embrace every minute of it.

You know, I am kind of a bi-polarish schitzerphrenic. I run the gamut of being incredibly shy and withdrawn to being a crazy-eccentric exhibitionist. And I have always been like that.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

The world is a forgotten place.

Humility is an interesting virtue because if you don't have It, sooner or later it's given to you.

In difficult times, in dark times, some people shine.

We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark.

There isn't a town in the world I haven't run amok in.

Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

Politics is quite draining. There are so many heated discussions and press conferences to cover during a convention.

Nobody's talking about movies the way they're talking about their favorite TV shows.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.