I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.