Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
John Leguizamo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 22
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Painter
Playwright
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Bogota
Colombia
John Alberto Leguizamo
Write
School
Writing
Trying
Going
Would
Tons
Files
Train
More quotes by John Leguizamo
In Moulin Rouge I could not change the name of Toulouse-Lautrec obviously to Toulouse-Lautrec- Martinez. But in ER I did that, my name is Dr Victor Clemente, so sometimes it is possible.
John Leguizamo
Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: Why don't you try acting, instead of distracting the class? Why don't you use your comic talent for something more productive? My maths teacher suggested I do comedy and I decided to have a go. I pursued it after that. I was about 17.
John Leguizamo
Latins for Republicans. It's like roaches for Raid.
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
I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.
John Leguizamo
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.
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
I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.
John Leguizamo
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
John Leguizamo
Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.
John Leguizamo
Bryan Cranston is generous, he's funny. When we did a wedding scene [in The Infiltrator ], at the end of the movie with a big set piece, he put the veil off the bride, he put it on, he pretended like we were getting married, he's just a goof.
John Leguizamo
I knew Linda Cardellini from when we did ER together - she was always great, such a cool spirit.
John Leguizamo
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.
John Leguizamo
I think Brad [Furman] crafted an amazing film [The Infiltrator]. It's so complex, it's incredibly thrilling, incredibly touching and it's what people have been trying to do for years in Hollywood, is to try to capture what it's like to be undercover, what is that duality of life? And I think that Brad really caught that.
John Leguizamo
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.
John Leguizamo
I'd be terrified even now for a Latin kid wanting to be an actor, but back then? Forget it. They must have thought I was going to be working in restaurants and driving cabs for the rest of my life.
John Leguizamo
Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.
John Leguizamo
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
Don't confuse the beginning of my world with the breakup of yours.
John Leguizamo
It was at a performance art space that's no longer around, Gusto House... All of these great performers from all over the country lived on the Lower East Side, and they would take somebody's living room that opened right onto the street, open the door and charge tickets and put up chairs.
John Leguizamo
