America Quote by Richard Rodriguez

“There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible to the…

— James Davison Hunter

There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.

— Benicio Del Toro

What we have in Mexico and Latin America is a wide diversity of voices, but in Mexico, for example, we haven't been able to…

— Diego Luna

“But what we have done as a nation, that is much worse in the grand scheme of things, is that we have exported our…

— John Price

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

— Jimmy Smits

Speaking Spanish isn't a benefit in Hollywood.

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

There are stories that are by and for Latin Americans, where a certain amount of cultural fluency is expected, where we can delight in…

— Daniel Alarcon

When you get into the third or fourth generation of Latino immigrants to the United States, you see the kids speaking more English than…

— Thalia

As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers. It's such…

— Aurora Guerrero

There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense…

— Guillermo del Toro

The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every area you…

— Jimmy Smits

I am Indian, and my home is Kampala. My world is already diverse. But films are financed by those who want to see themselves…

— Mira Nair