The beautiful thing about acting is that you can go your whole life if you stay current and you stay fresh.

There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.

I did the bible as told through Hispanic people and they laughed and applauded. I thought, "Oh my god, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."

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

Voices come to me but to maintain them is hard work. They go away just as easily, so I have to remember them and that takes work. With Sid, I needed to make sure you could understand what he is saying, his enunciation. Sometimes I couldn't even say my own name [his name] in his voice. It sounds like 'Shid', it sounds a bit like he has a lisp.

When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it." Then you feel, "I can do it too."

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