My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father.

I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog. I'm capable of a lot more.

I'm a very romantic person.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

It's better to live as you will want to have lived, rather than spend your time worrying about the end. You are right here in your story. Don't skip ahead

'Twilight' is a phenomenon. And I'm so happy it's all captured on film. It's going to be something I'll always look back on, for sure.

I think when people talk about improvising it turns into this silly thing like, "Oh there's like a hula hoop there and I'm like 'Oh what's going on here? Is this a really big ring?'"

As he weeps to wicked birds of prey, who pick up on his bread crumb sins, and there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden.

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

America has a long and rich tradition of generosity that began with simple acts of neighbor helping neighbor.

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

For instance, our country wanted to effect a revolution, and did effect it, and now we are building a new classless society.

The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.