I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice as hard.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.
In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.
When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.
I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.
I had a group of Hispanic Americans come into my office in 1976 who worked in a Denver packing plant. They had just been fired by their employer who turned around and hired illegal aliens for a lot less money. That had a big impact on me.
In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I'm constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It's above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.
I work twice as hard as everybody else.
My parents were immigrants and janitors.
Once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one.
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