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If we based everything in Hollywood on who was a nice guy, holy moly, we would have no movies. No actors would work. This is not an industry that is ruled by kindness and generosity.

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?'

In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

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

I get cast a lot of times in movies with nice people for some reason - because I have a nice face or something.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.