The thing that I really like is psychology. I love the human mind. I love the choices you make based on your experiences and instincts and your development based on such experiences and so I guess that's why I love acting so much.

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.

For me, I understood the gift of being able to empower others and to not do everything yourself.

I can honestly say from my experience, my family and I had to start from scratch. We left Venezuela back in 1998 and sold the few things we had to come to America in search of the American dream. We went through really tough times. There were moments where we were wondering are we going to make it.

It's okay to start over again.

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.

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