I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.'
I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.
I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina.
I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.
It's interesting: I think, as a Latino actor, the biggest challenge is being called 'Latino' because immediately, the world has a perception of what that means.
I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'
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.
I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough.
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 haven't gotten labeled as a Hispanic actor.