John Leguizamo famous quotes

07-16-2025

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.
-- John Leguizamo

#Kids #Parenting #Years
I have a lot of heroes. I don't think people give enough of a tribute to their mentors. They try to act like they're spontaneous generations - they are faking liars.
-- John Leguizamo

#Liars #Hero #Thinking
When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it." Then you feel, "I can do it too."
-- John Leguizamo

#Giving Up #Hero #Hard Times
You know, I am kind of a bi-polarish schitzerphrenic. I run the gamut of being incredibly shy and withdrawn to being a crazy-eccentric exhibitionist. And I have always been like that.
-- John Leguizamo

#Running #Crazy #Shy
Independent film is for actors that love to act.
-- John Leguizamo

#Independent #Actors #Film
Is there a God? Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mistakes all by Himself. This had to be done by committee.
-- John Leguizamo

#Mistake #Done #Yeah
There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.
-- John Leguizamo

#Stars #Latin #People
You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view and trying to feel entitled.
-- John Leguizamo

#Country #Growing Up #Latin
America may not realize it yet, but Latin prototypes are being created right now, and not just by me. They are these mambo kings and salsa queens, Aztec lords and Inca princesses, every Hernandez and Fernandez, whom this country will one day come to understand and respect.
-- John Leguizamo

#Country #Kings #Queens
To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.
-- John Leguizamo

#Comedian #Way
The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.
-- John Leguizamo

#Class #Clown
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
-- John Leguizamo

#Directors #Rehearsal
Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.
-- John Leguizamo

#Land #Long #Perfect
We are taking our culture and suturing it to America. Like gum on the bottom of a shoe, we are not going to disappear. Unlike other peoples who totally assimilated, we are more interested in co-assimilation.
-- John Leguizamo

#Shoes #America #Culture
I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.
-- John Leguizamo

#Drama #Love Is #Guy
I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.
-- John Leguizamo

#Latin #Artist #Doors
Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.
-- John Leguizamo

#Latin #Roaches #Republican
My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.
-- John Leguizamo

#Military #Parent #Style
I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.
-- John Leguizamo

#Independent #Actors #Film
It doesn't make sense. [Republicans are] not for us. You're not for my values. We're working class people mostly and blue collar. We're your cops, we're your firemen, we're your carpenters and the things we need - we need to protect our unions, we need to protect our Medicare, we need to protect the working class person.
-- John Leguizamo

#Blue #Class #People
Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.
-- John Leguizamo

#Inspirational #Being Yourself #Character
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority.
-- John Leguizamo

#Father #School #Different
I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.
-- John Leguizamo

#Teacher #Cartoon #Movement
Rehearsals make a huge difference.
-- John Leguizamo

#Differences #Rehearsal

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