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.' — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
How often do you get a movie where the coolest character has your own real last name? I played Bob Morales as a cross between my own father - the passion, the fury - and the real Bob Morales. I… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it. — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent. — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
All I would say to people who doubt 'Caprica' is: Everything good starts slow. — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
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… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
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… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog. I'm capable of a lot more. — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
