Words matter. These are the best Esai Morales Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’ll never lose the sense of being an underdog.
I remember doing ‘La Bamba’ and thinking, ‘Do you really think that Latinos will be accepted in mainstream?’ and I said, ‘Someday I hope so, but there is no guarantee.’
We understand ‘Roots,’ and that experience was mind-boggling, and it changed the way society viewed race relations. It was incredibly important. With ‘Roots,’ I was just as proud as anybody else that people of color were getting their stories told.
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.
We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.
I don’t get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways.
I don’t want to be the ‘spice’ added to a show. I’m not a condiment!
I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.
I love shocking people.
I’m really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that’s full-bodied and dry.
Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
Do I have to see movies and television about the English throne or the Holocaust every year? There are multiple multi-million dollar movies with the same backdrop. But our Holocaust – meaning Latino – aren’t ever told.
It’s people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it’s ‘Desperate Housewives’ or ‘Lost’ or ‘The Sopranos.’ It’s the people we’ve grown to love or otherwise.
Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.
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.
If you don’t look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler.
My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.
I believe if people understood each other more, if people took the time and realize it’s not ‘all about me’ and I’m on a big planet with a lot of other people and concerns, maybe we can learn how to get along with each other.
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.
I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I’m very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.
I think that racism has gotten more subtle, and it’s not even racism anymore: it’s placism. Like where you live or whether you went to community college or Harvard, and it exists within the race.
You know, I’m not making top dollar, but when you’re making top dollar, there are a lot of people waiting for you to fall.
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.
I think the legacy left behind by ‘Battlestar’ speaks for itself. I thought that these avid fans, most of whom were skeptical at first… to turn them into a fan of ‘Caprica’ as well is a daunting task, a big challenge.
