John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
John Alberto Leguizamo is a Colombian-American actor, voice actor, producer, stand-up comedian, playwright and screenwriter. As of 2009, Leguizamo has appeared in over 75 films, produced over 10 films, starred on Broadway in several productions, made over a dozen television appearances, and has produced or starred in many other television shows...
NationalityColombian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth22 July 1964
CountryColombia
stars latin people
There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.
latin kids actors
I'd be terrified even now for a Latin kid wanting to be an actor, but back then? Forget it. They must have thought I was going to be working in restaurants and driving cabs for the rest of my life.
comedian way
To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.
class clown
The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.
teacher cartoon movement
I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.
directors rehearsal
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
powerful cat animal
I grew up with a lot of cats like that and they always were so surprising, magnetic, and electrifying. You can't be with them too long because they burn you out but the energy, the impulsivity, and the freedom connecting them to their animal energy is just so powerful to watch. It's dangerous to live like that but it's riveting to watch.
school ghetto cards
At Murry Bergtraum [High School] if you were really funny you sat at this table at with all of the funniest dudes, the toughest, the coolest - everybody sat at that table. It was like the ghetto Algonquin Round Table. [Comedy] was my entry, my membership card.
school writing trying
I would be jokesmithing. I had files with tons of disses that I would try to write as I was on the train going to school.
bars hours certain
You can't really walk anywhere. Where are you going to go? Everything closes at a certain hour and it's a highway with bars on it; that's what it is.
great-work
That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.
latin reality people
So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?" But it wasn't a reality at the time, it wasn't a road that Latin people were accepted in.
school writing night
I was always writing. I was writing in high school because it was a really competitive school for class clowns; I used to have to write all of my snaps and my disses the night before and then act like I was making it up the next day.
love-life i-love-life embrace
I love life, and I embrace every minute of it.