The immigration bill is going to pass. We're going to have a bill. It's going to get through the Senate. I think the fundamentals are there and the foundation is strong and the bill is going to happen. The House is going to be trickier, but I think it's going to happen there too.

To this day writing is the most painful thing to do.

A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think.

Film, as any immigrant will tell you, television and movies is the way we make sense of America when we first got here.

I have no control over what people call me. The only thing I have control over is my work, and that's really all I can be judged on.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

Like other undocumented people in this country, I want a green card, and I want a driver's license, and I want a passport. What, to me, is the immigration bill? It's a green card, a driver's license, and a passport. That's what it's about to me, tangibly. That I could see my mom. That I could drive. Is there anything more American than driving? That I could get a green card and be able to - right now, I'm just like freelancing and working as an independent contractor. It's hilarious. I'm unhirable.