I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school.

The difficulty of being a Latin kid, a Latin man in this country [U.S].

I love theater. I think theater, when its done right, is the best, like a religious experience. When it is done badly, it's the worst thing. It's just an incredible experience.

It's not quite the same as other kinds of performing, but I love animation. It is just a different kind of experience. The difference is that making a live action movie you are using your whole body.

In Moulin Rouge I could not change the name of Toulouse-Lautrec obviously to Toulouse-Lautrec- Martinez. But in ER I did that, my name is Dr Victor Clemente, so sometimes it is possible.

I had a whole new respect for directors.

Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.