"I didn’t want to be a drug dealer or a murderer for the rest of my life. That’s not me, that’s not my people." –Tony-nominated actor/writer JOHN LEGUIZAMO, on why he started to write roles for himself, referring to the industry as "Hollywouldn't" (as opposed to Hollywood) when he found a dearth of interesting roles, instead finding the handful of stereotypical roles for Latinos being offered to him
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
John Leguizamo on Diversity and Creating Roles For Himself
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