I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.

There comes a time in your life where you're called to not only reinvent yourself but to rebuild your spirit. It's so relevant today.

The sex with Mandy was good, but it wasn't like warm apple pie.

As Latinos, we are so aware of what people go through in order to come to America. It's very interesting to do research on something that's been culturally a part of your existence.

I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought "Wow." It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.

I grew up in Venezuela, and when I was 14-years-old, my parents decided to sell everything and come to America. Five of us lived in a two bedroom house. It wasn't a sad truth, it was just the way it was [at the time]. That feeling is so universal for every immigrant.

Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.