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John Leguizamo
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John Leguizamo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 22
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John Alberto Leguizamo
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It's a product of being an actor, you know? A lot of your work doesn't end up on camera and some of the best things aren't always in the final product. But yeah, a lot of my stuff got cut and it was painful, but I know it was for the better of the movie.
John Leguizamo
Is there a God? Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mistakes all by Himself. This had to be done by committee.
John Leguizamo
The message is one of the beautiful things about the film. And I think part of the appeal is simply that they are prehistoric creatures, they are no longer around and that makes them magical and makes us feel quite emotional, because we know that those creatures did not survive in the long run, so there's poignancy in their fight for survival.
John Leguizamo
I grew up with a lot of cats like that and they always were so surprising, magnetic, and electrifying. You can't be with them too long because they burn you out but the energy, the impulsivity, and the freedom connecting them to their animal energy is just so powerful to watch. It's dangerous to live like that but it's riveting to watch.
John Leguizamo
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
John Leguizamo
It might have been really cool back in the '50s when it was less populated but I don't know.
John Leguizamo
I gotta tell, that's one of the things in Hollywood that has not been a barrier. I've gotten lots of offers, and I did try my hand at it, I directed two commercials. I won best commercial of ad week [laughs] on my first try.
John Leguizamo
I was just school class clown and that was it. Someday I'll get a job as a cab driver or whatever.
John Leguizamo
[Brad Furman] wants to try stuff, he's willing to try stuff. And he wants electricity on the camera. And that's what I want, I want electricity whenever I'm performing.
John Leguizamo
I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school.
John Leguizamo
It's not quite the same as other kinds of performing, but I love animation. It is just a different kind of experience. The difference is that making a live action movie you are using your whole body.
John Leguizamo
After kids leave the house, they can decide to do whatever they want, but while they're under my roof, they're going to be lawyers or writers or something, something important, anything except actors.
John Leguizamo
Voices come to me but to maintain them is hard work. They go away just as easily, so I have to remember them and that takes work. With Sid, I needed to make sure you could understand what he is saying, his enunciation. Sometimes I couldn't even say my own name [his name] in his voice. It sounds like 'Shid', it sounds a bit like he has a lisp.
John Leguizamo
Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.
John Leguizamo
I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.
John Leguizamo
I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.
John Leguizamo
I have a lot of heroes. I don't think people give enough of a tribute to their mentors. They try to act like they're spontaneous generations - they are faking liars.
John Leguizamo
Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.
John Leguizamo
People can be anonymous when they go on blogs and say crazy things that they would never have the courage to say to your face.
John Leguizamo
That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.
John Leguizamo