Esai Morales quotes

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions. (Esai Morales)

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

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I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

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I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

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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 couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die.

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I'm a very romantic person.

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I don't get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways.

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I love shocking people.

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I always pull over for people who need a push.

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Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

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In New York, just standing still on the sidewalk is a weird feeling. You have this incessant need to do things. Los Angeles is about kicking back, relaxing, your inner child, peace. (Esai Morales)

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

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Brooklyn born, Bronx bred... I felt like the dreamer/day tripper of the neighborhood with a vivid imagination and a longing to transcend the mundane through my love of the arts. My mother inspired me a lot. I can remember growing up hearing her voice in the background on the phone urging others to stop putting up with abuse and to stand up for themselves in order to better their lot in life. She was always helping people – mostly other women – liberate themselves from oppressive relationships whether it was at home or work.

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I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.

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If you don't look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler.

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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 early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father.

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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 let your guys know that you're in charge.

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Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.

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People are conditioned to seeing Latinos in a certain light including our own people, and that's a problem. Kids need to see something that they can aspire to...Hollywood doesn't always go to Latinos for heroes and it's sad because we have them...We don't see our people save the day.

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Latinos are still considered a bit of 'other', Arabs are still 'others,' Africans as American as they can be are still visually 'other' so I would like to say, 'hey we are part of the same family.' We all contribute to this nation. We overindex in the consumption of entertainment but we underindex in the representation and the quality of representation.

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