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As Latinos, we are so aware of what people go through in order to come to America. It's very interesting to do research on something that's been culturally a part of your existence.
Wilmer Valderrama
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Wilmer Valderrama
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 30
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Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama
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In your darkest times there's always room for a little light.
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My dad had a couple of professions in mind for me. He either wanted me to be a doctor because he said male doctors make a lot of money, or he wanted me to be a soccer player. Myself, I thought that I would really love being a pilot for the Air Force. I really wanted to be a part of the Air Force.
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I grew up in Venezuela, and when I was 14-years-old, my parents decided to sell everything and come to America. Five of us lived in a two bedroom house. It wasn't a sad truth, it was just the way it was [at the time]. That feeling is so universal for every immigrant.
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Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.
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Stay consistent with your message and who you are.
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Sometimes you're so nervous about piloting something that you could probably just not empower others to finish what they're supposed to.
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It was very interesting [book Fast Food Nation] because all my friends who were in college, [and] this book became almost mandatory for them to read.
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I can honestly say from my experience, my family and I had to start from scratch. We left Venezuela back in 1998 and sold the few things we had to come to America in search of the American dream. We went through really tough times. There were moments where we were wondering are we going to make it.
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I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.
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I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.
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Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.
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I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought Wow. It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.
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You get caught up sometimes in the deadlines and the pressures and certain things that you can't really control that you forget that this is supposed to be an enjoyable journey.
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As a Latin man, obviously immigration has been a part of my culture for decades. [I] grew up understanding what you go through in order to come to this country and searching for that American dream.
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For me, I understood the gift of being able to empower others and to not do everything yourself.
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Make sure that everything you produce and create is organic to you.
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I love the human mind.
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I want to be some kind of a pilot. And the other thing that I really like is psychology.
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Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves with any kind of job we have that we kind of forget that we do this because it's supposed to be fun because we love it.
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Doing this movie [Fast Food Nation] made me realize that our bodies are digesting things that it's not meant to digest. It's pretty bad for you. The cast is [now] very, very aware of where we get our food and what we put in our bodies.
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