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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.
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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The New York Times made you or broke you.
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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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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.
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I had a whole new respect for directors.
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I love cartoons. So when they came to me to make Ice Age and this sequel, I was so happy.
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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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That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.
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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.
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The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.
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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.
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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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Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
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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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To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.
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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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Don't confuse the beginning of my world with the breakup of yours.
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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.
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I think as you mature as an actor things open up to you in a lot of ways, especially if you do work on yourself.
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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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