John Leguizamo Quotes

My kids help fix my technology, but Twitter is my everything – I love Twitter.

I think I always have Woody Allen in mind whenever I’m creating anything. He’s such a genius, and I think ‘Annie Hall‘ is one of the greatest movies ever written.

Movies, like old-school TV, are cheesy, corny. Movies are not exciting anymore. They’re not cutting edge.

If everyone in your class has heroes, and they can relate to them in textbooks and literature, and then you don’t see any of your heritage there, you feel less than. And I always wanted to be able to make Latin kids like myself feel more than.

We need a lot more positive Latin role models in movies and in television. They exist! It’s not fiction.

He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he’s always operating.

All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it… which is the smarter way to do it.

I was always writing. I was writing in high school because it was a really competitive school for class clowns; I used to have to write all of my snaps and my disses the night before and then act like I was making it up the next day.

My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.

I’m a very tough dad. I mean, I’m a fun dad, but I’m a tough dad.

I’d love to do some period pieces and some historic work; I just feel like no one’s tapped into Latin history and Latin contributions to the making of America, and we’ve been there over 500 years.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don’t for a long time.

I love independent films, it’s the only place as an actor you’re totally allowed to breathe.

I love what I do. I would hate to give it up. But if I could, I would run for office in Texas. I would run someplace heinous to make a difference.

Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do ‘Hamilton‘ first in Hollywood. They would have told him, ‘The forefathers weren’t Latino or black. They didn’t speak in hip hop.’ That would never had gotten going in Hollywood ever. But theater let Lin-Manuel him do it, and he created an incredible masterpiece.

Latins for Republicans – it’s like roaches for Raid.

I’ve always studied our empires to empower myself, you know, and to have ammunition against anybody who could try to put me down.

At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there’s no way around it.

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That’s what I really love the most.

Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It’s such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk.

You think you’ve done it all, and then you realize, ‘No, there’s so much more to do.’

Work for work’s sake doesn’t thrill me, but when I’m in the zone, I’m creative, and the expression is free.

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don’t open, we crowbar our way in.

We need to stand up and become a united front against a common enemy. It’s important for us to not be divided.

I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.

I love the power of theater. I think it’s an experience you never forget.

I was quiet a lot when I was picked on as a kid because I didn’t have anything to say back.

I love life, man, and I embrace every minute of it, so maybe I bring that on the set.

I was familiar with that and ‘Rio Bravo.’ ‘Rio Bravo’ was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time.

Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.

I’ve never really thought of myself as just an actor; I always thought of myself as aspiring to be an artist, and an artist has to take risks and put himself on the line.

Facebook I would’ve liked, but I made a huge mistake, and I made it a public page, and it didn’t work out for me. I just put my name on it, and I didn’t know how Facebook worked.