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" My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans. "

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" I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush. "

" Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us. "

" I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy. "

" Talent is very hot. "

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" I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people. "

" I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.' "

" Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve. "

" I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie. "

" People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel. "

" There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck. "

" I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool. "

" A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear. "

" I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar. "

" I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role. "

" The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation. "

" I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi. "

" What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was. "

" I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot. "

" I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them. "

Surround Yourself

" With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly. "

" In the 1960s, there was a forward way of speaking and inflection. "

" How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality. "

" If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves. "

" I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year. "

" I guess 'Scarface' was the Cuban Al Pacino. "

" All of my high school issues are resolved! "

" The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people. "

" I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college. "