Esai Morales Quotes

• "Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice."
• "Being an actor you have a lot of expenses."
• "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."
• "But who wants to wear their heart on their sleeve, just to have it get walked on and stained. So I hide it with a gruff inappropriateness."
• "I always pull over for people who need a push."
• "I don't get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways."
• "I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it."
• "I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."
• "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 love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it."
• "I love shocking people."
• "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."
• "I'd like to do music."
• "I'm a very romantic person."
• "I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry."
• "If you don't look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler."
• "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."
• "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."
• "We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent."
• "Well, actually yes, in 1988. There was a warrant for me because my assistant hadn't paid a ticket of mine."
• "What I like about Esteban is that he's just - he's not trying to be anything. He's just a good man and a good father. He's not out there chasing untenable dreams."
• "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."