I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It’s good for business.
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It really is a pleasure to work with someone who you admire. Whatever you do in front of the camera, and I don’t know what it is, but actors have this thing that you recognize someone that makes you better. When you do that, it’s a great feeling.
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Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.
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I’ve done a lot of movies, and you really never know. You do a movie and you think that it’s great, and then you see it and it doesn’t work.
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Some roles have been with me forever
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There’s a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
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I’ve liked most of the films that I’ve been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.
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You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.
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Before I was even in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. Rumor was that I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.
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I’m not Jack Nicholson. I’m not Brando. But I do mumble.
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When you start to become a movie star it’s easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That’s why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.
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I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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I’m not saying I’m a writer, but I’ve been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.
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I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.
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You might get some serial killers who are born with a chip missing, but for the most part I don’t think anyone is born bad.
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I get more choices of things, projects, which is a blessing and a curse. I can only do one at a time. Sometimes you don’t know which way to go.
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