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Edward James Olmos

"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice."

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"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice."

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"Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet."
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"And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over."
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"There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems."
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