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I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina.

I wanted to be cast because I'm an actor and not because of how I look or where I'm from. I'm brown. I want to be able to play a Spanish girl some day or a Mexican girl and learn the language. That's what actors do: we act.

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.'

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic.

It's interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called 'Latino' because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.

I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it too much, though. I'm more focused in the present.

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

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.

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.

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough.