197 Quotes by John Leguizamo

I did the bible as told through Hispanic people and they laughed and applauded. I thought, “Oh my god, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

I knew Linda Cardellini from when we did ER together – she was always great, such a cool spirit.

Self-expression, to me, is something that you worked on, that you have mastered a skill to say something in the most artful way that you can. It’s not just blurting stuff out and having verbal diarrhea.

You grow up Latin in this country and you’re a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view and trying to feel entitled.

I keep my kids out of the whole business entirely. Allegra and Lucas are five and six and I’m not interested in them doing any acting at all. I don’t want my kids in show business. I keep them as far away from my work as possible.

It’s been great, I have to dig deep for really raw emotions and at the same time I have to use my intellect to say the ridiculous medical jargon while acting and treating a patient and then I have to try to have a personality and emotions as well. So it is definitely hard work.

Don’t confuse the beginning of my world with the breakup of yours.

I love theater. I think theater, when its done right, is the best, like a religious experience. When it is done badly, it’s the worst thing. It’s just an incredible experience.

I’m not really against a lot of things unless they are just pure exploitation and then they create their own copycat culture that comes from someone acting irresponsibly. That’s dangerous when that happens.