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My comfort zone has always been in an ensemble-type atmosphere.

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There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

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I left 'L.A. Law' after five years when my contract was up because I felt I had done all I could do with the character. I didn't walk off the show with a three-picture deal to pursue this wonderful film career.

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I'm happy David Caruso is out there working.

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I work out, but I'm not doing it specifically because I show my butt on TV.

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As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

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I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'

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I was in Puerto Rico going to school, and it was very jarring for me. 'Traumatic' is the only way that I can say it. Kids were making fun of me: 'Oh, you're a Yankee.' And I acted out a lot. A lot. But looking back, and through a little bit of therapy, everything I am has to do with that time.

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I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to see plays in New York, and it was seeing James Earl Jones and Raul Julia - I mean, this guy comes from the place my mother comes from. He's doing Shakespeare right now, and it doesn't seem to matter that he has an accent.

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I've had the good fortune to play characters that have a role-model thing to them.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 9th, 1955

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