American character Quote by Tony Shalhoub

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

— Mario Lopez

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to…

— Salma Hayek

I'm a little Italian girl from New Haven who, as an actor, gets to jump classes through language.

— Lauren Ambrose

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

— Natalia Reyes

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough.

— Tristan Wilds

I could play Arab roles, even German roles, Italian roles because I had that look.

— Kabir Bedi

The Italian character in general is full of animation, and the natives enter into the interests and welfare of the stranger before them with…

— William Godwin

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I dont look Latino enough.

— Tristan Wilds

I grew up being fascinated by accents and dialects. One of the things that interested me were actors that were doing different characters, or…

— Sharlto Copley

I have been in rooms with people arguing over a character that's not really fleshed out: that, just because the surname is Latino, that…

— Jimmy Smits

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

— Heather Matarazzo