Tennessee Williams, one of my favorite playwrights, [lived] down there. You always heard about the Keys and how amazing they are and, well, it's like a highway with some bars on it.

I'm just more comfortable with people who are like me than the people who are not.

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

I like helping people achieve their dreams just like people helped me.

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

I gotta tell, that's one of the things in Hollywood that has not been a barrier. I've gotten lots of offers, and I did try my hand at it, I directed two commercials. I won best commercial of ad week [laughs] on my first try.

We are taking our culture and suturing it to America. Like gum on the bottom of a shoe, we are not going to disappear. Unlike other peoples who totally assimilated, we are more interested in co-assimilation.