For me, the bottom line is what's on the page.

I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.

I have and will continue to vigorously pursue opportunities in all mediums.

Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with the most challenging scripts. I don't base it on whether it's a feature film or a TV-movie or cable.

I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.

With the advent of cable and such, you guys are calling it the golden age of TV in terms of the writing and stuff. But it's like different branches of a big tree that TV has become.

There's a lot of successful procedural shows that are out there. A lot of them are very successful. I just know there's an audience out there that wants character also.

When you're 27 million strong, no one can tell you that you don't belong or expect you to just move along.

What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.

I'm not going to leave one of the best shows to do another TV show.

Variety is the thing for me to be able to work in theater and be involved in more films and TV movies that say something.

I don't know... I don't think you can trust any of Kurt's characters. That's how Mr. Sutter operates: nothing is what it seems.

What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.

I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.

There are some things you have to give up to the higher power.

Nurturing a project from the ground floor is something I've been wanting to do.

It's a lot of pressure. Some of the cast wants a StairMaster on the set so you can work out like crazy before your naked scene.

I can't get into talking about why another actor left. It has nothing to do with me.

I am very Latino in everything I am and I do, but there's a part of me that's also something else. I'm reflective of the way this country's gonna be in the next 40 years. More multicultural is what we'll see.

I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertainment, but when you have the chance to provoke thought or advance discussion on a topic, it's just the icing on the cake.

The friendships I made on 'L.A. Law,' with the cast and Steven Bochco and David Kelley were really wonderful.