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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.

My mom and dad are New Yorkers who left the tenement streets of the Bronx and came to Los Angeles when 'West Side Story' was real. They have the scars to prove it.

From Taylor Negron

I've always loved silent movies. I recently saw 'Tilly's Punctured Romance' at the Academy, which is the first comedy made with Charlie Chaplin in 1914, and I sat there, and I couldn't believe that the entire audience of 2,000 people were laughing that hard from a movie made in 1914 - and there were no words; it was all faces.

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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.

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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'

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Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.

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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.

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I have a nice little movie career, and I write plays and do my act.

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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.

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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.

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