I guess I'm kind of a mutt. I was born in the U.S., my parents are from Mexico, and I grew up in Switzerland. It's weird because I sound American, but I spell theater 'theatre' with the 'r' before the 'e'.
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I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.
I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie.
I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California.
I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.
I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can get. I always assumed I was going to be an actor. I don't know why. I didn't have any reason to think that. In fact, when I finally did try it, when I was in college, I was really bad at it and didn't enjoy it.
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor.
It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I was born.
So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.