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For me, honestly, I'm an actor. There's one thing I know how to do - act. And that's all I know how to do. Through our work, [actors] can trigger awareness.

Wilmer Valderrama

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Wilmer Valderrama
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 30
Actor
Businessperson
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Miami
Florida
Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama
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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.
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I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.
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In your darkest times there's always room for a little light.
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Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.
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It's okay to start over again.
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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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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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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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When I was 10 years old, we'd pick out a cow and boom! They'd hit it in the head with a hammer, lift it up by the back legs, and skin it in front of us. Then I'd take the head home and make soup
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As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.
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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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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 play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.
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I love the human mind.
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Mandy because that was the most meaningful relationship.
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I was always wondering why the first ten minutes of eating fast food is heavenly and then after those ten minutes you start feeling like s**t?
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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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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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