Latinos are the fastest growing minority, and we're obviously not going anywhere. We're extremely loyal as a people, and I think Hollywood is starting to recognize that. It's very rare for a major studio to nationally distribute a film with Latino talent, not only in front of the camera, but also behind the camera.
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If there's only one of us in th... KERRY WASHINGTON 'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinatin... DAN STEVENS I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like thi... PATRICK MARBER I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can b... SAM UNDERWOOD It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhe... ANTHONY ANDERSON Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and... JACK HUSTON I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to b... EDDIE MARSAN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON 'Gravity' is a great example of a movie that we hope they're going to do more of. It'... CALLIE KHOURI Working hard is very important. 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AIMEE MULLINS We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV... AIMEE MULLINS If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. ... AIMEE MULLINS Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is forei... AIMEE MULLINS It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for some... AIMEE MULLINS I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. AIMEE MULLINS Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules. AIMEE MULLINS I haven't had an easy life, but at some point, you have to take responsibility for yourself and ... AIMEE MULLINS I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their '... AIMEE MULLINS You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the doug... AIMEE MANN It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore. AIMEE MANN One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made ... AIMEE MANN I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good e... AIMEE MANN Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn'... AIMEE MANN I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic... AIMEE MANN I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. AIMEE MANN Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, an... AIMEE MANN I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about th... AIMEE MANN The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming. AIMEE MANN 'Harry Potter' changed my life in more ways than one, and it helped me get through my mother... AIMEE CARTER Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline sta... AIMEE CARTER I think teaching keeps me honest because if I'm up in front of a class talking about what I thin... AIMEE BENDER For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physic... AIMEE BENDER One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching ... AIMEE BENDER As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault. AIMEE BENDER I noticed, when I taught elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing s... AIMEE BENDER I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what ... AIMEE BENDER I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraugh... AIMEE BENDER Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then i... AIMEE BENDER I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightfor... AIMEE BENDER Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, wher... AIMEE BENDER I like the idea of a place that is dealing with painful, messy, frightening, and very human events t... AIMEE BENDER For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me... AIMEE BENDER I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy. AIMEE BENDER I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic. AIMEE BENDER True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves. AIMEE MULLINS Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb i... AIMEE BENDER