As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important.

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves. There is as much diversity and uniqueness within the Latino culture as there is in any other kind of American culture.

As a person of color, there's no getting around the reality of its responsibility.

I believe there's a huge distinction between un macho and a real man. I don't think you have to be one to be another.

As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he's most playful. I think Rupert is really adept at comedy; I think that's where his strength lies.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.