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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.

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.

Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility.

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

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

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?

There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.

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.

Foreign revenues are tremendously important, but foreign audiences are dying for American movies, not for films they could make themselves.

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.