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"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."
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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."

"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."

"I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual."

"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."

"We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."

"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."

"Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl."
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"I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance."

"My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that."

"It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me."

"I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate."

"I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez."
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