Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it.

My marriage was breaking up, and my marriage with Chong was breaking up. I had to come back and kind of start on my own again.

You know you're in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews.

What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.

Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.

Being from South Louisiana, we're just kind of rootsy.