American Quote by Erik Estrada

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate…

— Yul Vazquez

I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I…

— Richard Widmark

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic

— Mario Lopez

In order to do 'Amores Perros,' I had to skip some time at drama school, so the director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu came up with…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the…

— Chazz Palminteri

Growing up, there wasn't an exact Hispanic role model that I had. I didn't realize how big a difference I was making, going to…

— Laurie Hernandez

“Fellow Italians: stop getting all bent out of shape about Christopher Columbus getting the same treatment as the Confederates. He was a horrible man,…

— Allison Robicelli

When I started coming to the U.S., they were offering me only the typical stereotypical roles: the druggard, the criminal, the gang member, or…

— Eugenio Derbez

I haven't gotten labeled as a Hispanic actor

— Mario Lopez

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed

— Mario Lopez

It's part of my challenge as an actor, not only speaking English but speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent.

— Natalia Reyes

I broke into acting doing Latino roles. I played a Latino casanova in 'The Winner' and a Latino character on 'Hannah Montana.'

— Michael Steger