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" It was great working with Kevin Smith - just a dream. "
Guillermo Diaz
Kevin
Just
Great
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" 'Fresh' was maybe the third audition that I had after I got an agent, so I was crazy excited when I booked it. "
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" I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things. "
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School
" I love Rob Zombie - I'd love to work with Rob Zombie or John Cameron Mitchell. "
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Work
I Love
" I get off on pushing people's buttons sometimes. "
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Off
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" When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell? "
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Words
Shy
" I did a show back when I was in high school - so I was about 17 - and it was the first time I was on stage. I never even thought about being an actor before that, but after that experience, I knew it was what I wanted to do. "
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" I connect to humor really deeply, so I feel really comfortable just being in funny projects. "
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Funny
Feel
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" I'm just a big old nerd. I'm not that cool guy at all. "
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Just
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" I'm really into horror art, so I feel, like, a dark side in that way. "
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Way
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" Madonna's always going to be number one, but I'm definitely a Britney fan. "
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Always
Definitely
Number
" Bruce Willis is Bruce Willis in every single movie I've seen him in, except 'Death Becomes Her' and 'Mortal Thoughts,' which is another movie he was in that was very different from what he normally does. "
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Single
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" I would love to do more horror films. "
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Would
More
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" I went to school in the Bronx. I learned to constantly try to cover up the fact that I was gay. That facade of being somebody I'm really not just to protect myself definitely helped with acting. "
Guillermo Diaz
Acting
Fact
Gay
" When I was in high school, I wasn't really popular. I was picked on a lot. And then I did a talent show, and kids started to tell me that I did a good job. It was the first time that my peers told me that they liked what I was doing. Something clicked, and I knew that this is what I wanted to do. "
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Talent
Good
School
" I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants. "
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Immigrants
Parents
Cuban
" I want to be the bad guy. "
Guillermo Diaz
Bad Guy
Guy
Bad
" When I was growing up, we didn't have 'Will & Grace.' The one gay character was Monroe from 'Too Close For Comfort' - and he wasn't even gay! At least they didn't say he was. Same with Mr. Furley from 'Three's Company.' You know, these were the characters that people would always make fun of. "
Guillermo Diaz
Know
Grace
People
" It's always nice to do the flashbacks. That's what's so great about 'Scandal' is that we get to do flashbacks and then keep figuring out and discovering more things about our characters that make them fuller. "
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Great
Always
Things
" I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video. "
Guillermo Diaz
Lady Gaga
Totally
Would
" I had done student films for the School Of Visual Arts and for NYU and all these schools in New York, so those were my first film experiences, but they were student films, so I guess they don't really count. "
Guillermo Diaz
Student
School
Arts
" I'm obsessed with 'Girls.' "
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Obsessed
" I got to a point where I was completely typecast, and I knew I was paying my dues, and I was happy to do so because I knew that's what had to happen, and I loved acting. But I would never go back. "
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Go
Never
Loved
" I have phone sessions with my therapist, who is in New York, constantly, just to talk and get it out. "
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New
Therapist
Talk
" I learned to really pursue things I really wanted. If it is just for the money, that's not going to work out. You have to like it. "
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Work
You
Pursue
" I'm drawn to the not-so-perfect character. "
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Drawn
Character
" I'm a huge horror film and sci-fi fan. "
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Huge
Film
Fan
" I'm a loner. I like to be alone. I'm socially awkward. "
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Loner
Awkward
Like
" It's TV: you just have to jump in and just do it. You don't have time to think about it. You don't have time to write a history, which makes it even better. I go with first instincts. "
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You
Time
Think
" I love 'The Walking Dead.' "
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Walking
Love
I Love
" It's important to work really hard to get what you want. "
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You
Work
Want