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Coming in and out of Hollywood for pilot season, I may have to thicken my accent or hear that, physically, I'm not Latino. I not only am, but there's another 50,000 people who look exactly like me.

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

I cook all the time, and I cook all different kinds of things, but never Mexican at home. That's my work.

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every area you can think of, and are very significant in popular culture.

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

Obviously there aren't enough Latino roles out there - I wish there were more of them - but there's got to be more in the future. I'm sure there will be more in the future. The public is asking for it.

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

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