Esai Morales Quotes
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I believe if people understood each other more, if people took the time and realize it's not 'all about me' and I'm on a big planet with a lot of other people and concerns, maybe we can learn how to get along with each other.
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Do I have to see movies and television about the English throne or the Holocaust every year? There are multiple multi-million dollar movies with the same backdrop. But our Holocaust - meaning Latino - aren't ever told.
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I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.
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I remember doing 'La Bamba' and thinking, 'Do you really think that Latinos will be accepted in mainstream?' and I said, 'Someday I hope so, but there is no guarantee.'
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Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.
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I love shocking people.
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You know, I'm not making top dollar, but when you're making top dollar, there are a lot of people waiting for you to fall.
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I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.
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It's people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it's 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Lost' or 'The Sopranos.' It's the people we've grown to love or otherwise.
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We understand 'Roots,' and that experience was mind-boggling, and it changed the way society viewed race relations. It was incredibly important. With 'Roots,' I was just as proud as anybody else that people of color were getting their stories told.
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All I would say to people who doubt 'Caprica' is: Everything good starts slow.
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We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.
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I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it.
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I think the legacy left behind by 'Battlestar' speaks for itself. I thought that these avid fans, most of whom were skeptical at first... to turn them into a fan of 'Caprica' as well is a daunting task, a big challenge.