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For me, I understood the gift of being able to empower others and to not do everything yourself.

Wilmer Valderrama

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Wilmer Valderrama
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 30
Actor
Businessperson
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Miami
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Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama
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I think psychology would be an easy transition and figuring out the human mind somehow.
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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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No matter what our situation is, there's always a way to celebrate life and there's always a way to start again.
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Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.
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Make sure that everything you produce and create is organic to you.
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As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.
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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 want to be some kind of a pilot. And the other thing that I really like is psychology.
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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 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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I played sports, so I understood quickly I shouldn't be eating fast food because it was slowing me down, making me feel lousy and lazy, and my instincts were not working as they should.
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You do some things and you just hope people will laugh.
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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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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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Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.
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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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I love the human mind.
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I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.
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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.
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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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