A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.
I haven't gotten labeled as a Hispanic actor.
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.'
There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.
I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic.
I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina.
There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
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.
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.