This family was raised Catholic and I think there are still some members of the family who are practicing Catholics, while others are recovering Catholics! That, to me, is a real part of America and we wanted to represent that.

I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace. No one had anything to do with this. My decision totally.

But the only comparison that I want to Lenny Bruce is that I'm funny. I'm Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican all the way.

I was mugged when I was 12. I had a portable radio, and I ran into this building and these two guys came in and hit me, busted me up and took the radio. After that I was very paranoid and I started taking kung fu and karate. But I didn't want to fight.

I was in seventh grade at St. Matthew's. The teachers would tell me, 'God loves you,' and then whack a ruler across my hand. 'Well,' I'd say, 'if God loves me, can you call God? Can you ask Him if it's all right that I didn't do my homework? If it's not, then let Him hit me.'

I haven't decided how I feel about the title yet. It's fairly new,