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.

As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.

You do some things and you just hope people will laugh.

I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.

Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.

It's okay to start over again.

Doing this movie [Fast Food Nation] made me realize that our bodies are digesting things that it's not meant to digest. It's pretty bad for you. The cast is [now] very, very aware of where we get our food and what we put in our bodies.