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" So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. "

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" Not everybody goes to government to serve themselves and not their country. "

" Basically, I would like to be considered for roles that are well-written. I think that part of the problem that we've had as actors is that they insist on looking at us as Latino actors and not as actors, period. "

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" I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe. "

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" I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang. "

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" I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the drugs. "

" There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything. "

" So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with. "

" In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market. "

" My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us. "

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" Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. "

" And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day. "

" So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime. "

" I was always interested in trying to find how different genres would affect the lyrics that I'd written. Salsa is where most of my songs have been recorded, the genre of salsa. It's very frenetic, fast-paced. And I felt that the lyrics sometimes were being lost. "

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" You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut. "