Making Movies Is Difficult And You Get

When You Work In A Different Language You Are Not So Attached To The Words.

I Did My First Movie, "the Mambo Kings," In America Without Speaking The Language. I Learned The Lines Phonetically. I Had An Interpreter Actually Just To Understand Directions From My Director.

It Was An Honor And Privilege To Arrive To This Country 16 Years Ago With Almost No Money In My Pocket. A Lot Has Happened Since Then.

If They Had Offered Me James Bond, I Probably Couldn't Have Gone To England Anymore In My Life. James Bond With An Accent? That Would Have Been Something.

I Don't Know, If I Had The Secret Recipe That I Actually Could Give Everybody, I Think It Has To Do Very Much With Believing In Yourself And Giving Time. Giving Time To Each Member Of The Family.