There's something about my Mexican-American heritage... I'm proud of it.

I've played Hamlet and Coriolanus, Orlando in 'As You like It' and Ariel in 'Tempest,' among others.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

For reasons I don't fully understand, tragic love has a certain appeal.

Shakespeare gives you these clues - these little pieces of gold dust, I call them. They tell you so much about the story, the character, the drive, the intentions. It's like a gift.

Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of carpenters, and you're making a table, everyone would have a different way of doing it.