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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.

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John Leguizamo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 22
Actor
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John Alberto Leguizamo
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I did the bible as told through Hispanic people and they laughed and applauded. I thought, Oh my god, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
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I read that 36% of Latin kids drop out of high school, and we're the most bullied minority in schools right now. And my son had troubles in elementary school. So that made me really question being Latin in the United States.
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[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.
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I was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken when my math teacher said, You're failing in school, you're messing up, why don't you just try this? I said, Alright, let me try it, and I started going to acting classes and I loved it. I thought, I may not make it but I love doing it.
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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.
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Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.
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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.
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I like helping people achieve their dreams just like people helped me.
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You know, I am kind of a bi-polarish schitzerphrenic. I run the gamut of being incredibly shy and withdrawn to being a crazy-eccentric exhibitionist. And I have always been like that.
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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.
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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.
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Sid [the character from 'Ice Age'] is a prehistoric sloth. Sloths move really slowly and they store food in the cheek pouches. That's where I got the voice that you hear. He had to sound as though he was storing food.
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It might have been really cool back in the '50s when it was less populated but I don't know.
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Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.
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I knew Linda Cardellini from when we did ER together - she was always great, such a cool spirit.
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Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
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With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.
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Acting is kind of a calling for me so I'm just happy to be there and do great work.
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You can't really walk anywhere. Where are you going to go? Everything closes at a certain hour and it's a highway with bars on it that's what it is.
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