“Film and television essentially feel the same when you’re doing it, because it’s the same technical approach.”

I count it as a major victory to not only be on a series that’s had a full season run, but to actually be on one that’s gotten picked up for a second season.

I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I’m going to have more kids.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do – honesty but subtlety.

I’ve been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that’s not really there, but it wasn’t hard with Halle because she’s a great person and very beautiful, so it ain’t a tough job at the end of the day.

No matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you’re from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that’s always funny.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don’t get to do in real life.

As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I’m not working, you’d better spend that time with someone important.

I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.

My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.

There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.

She and I had come close to working on two other films together prior to this one that unfortunately had fallen apart for various reasons.

I find that most of us actors can’t stand ourselves in any form.

Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it’s romantic.

I have no particular career agenda.

I don’t really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don’t have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.

On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves. There is as much diversity and uniqueness within the Latino culture as there is in any other kind of American culture.

The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.

Five and forty steps the sky will burn. Fire approaching the large new city. Instantly a great thin flame will leap, when someone will want to test the Normans.

War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

Every day is a routine: you wake up, go to work or school, get tired, watch TV shows or read books, and then go to bed – and so on in a circle. Did you recognize yourself? It’s a shame because this is the wrong approach.

Whatever you do in life, approach it with creativity.

The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.

The more things you can approach with an “attack” mindset, the better off you will be.