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" There's a movie called 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age,' where I'm playing the King of Spain. It's a small role, but it's really, really interesting, the way I constructed it. "

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" In L.A., my house is surrounded by churches, and there are no cars, so it's really nice to just walk around before I go home to check my emails from Spain, which have been coming in all night. "

" My label is to play bad guys of Latin origin in American movies. I'm happy with that label. I prefer to play that than to play a city boy. The bad guy is always something very tempting for the audience. "

" After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work. "

" After waking up, I take my vitamins and eat fruit or, sometimes, bread with garlic, which is good for your health. "

" I see what's behind everything the director wants to do. "

" Since I am from Spain, once the morning has gone, I like to take a nap while falling asleep to black and white movies. It feels less lonely. There is a comfort in hearing their voices, like when you're a child and your mother tells you a story before bedtime. "

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" I'm inspired by throwing out any darkness that is inside of me. For me, art cures. "

" I think that's part of acting - to still get nervous and control that fear. I don't know how to get rid of that. "

" It's hard for the American industry to see a Latin actor playing something that is not a gardener or someone in a cartel. It's hard to find the material that tells a story of a Latin or European Spanish guy that is not a bad guy. "

" When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful. "

" If you see 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson, you remember him not only because he is Jack Nicholson and because he does a wonderful job, but because he is a threat. The bad guy is someone people will have in their minds forever if it's a good bad guy. "