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I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.

Unfortunately, considering that we Latinos are really big for movie companies when they have blockbuster releases or new cable shows, when it comes to the dynamic of supporting our own product, it leaves much to be desired.

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

Latinos are the fastest growing minority, and we're obviously not going anywhere. We're extremely loyal as a people, and I think Hollywood is starting to recognize that. It's very rare for a major studio to nationally distribute a film with Latino talent, not only in front of the camera, but also behind the camera.

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.

Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.

On the outside, America looks like this great melting pot, but on the inside, there's this segregation in American cinema. Why does a Latino film have to be for Latinos? Why is a black film just for black people? Why?

You go to Los Angeles or New York or Miami or Chicago, and you see Latinos everywhere; they are involved in every part of American society. That's why they have to start being represented in Hollywood, because an 'Americano' can't walk down the street and not see a Latino.

A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.

Yes, I am a Mexican, and I have a past and a culture. But what matters is the film itself, not where it was financed or cast.