I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.

I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.

I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.