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

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.

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.'

One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.

A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.

As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.

I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

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