I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about five fruitless years of auditioning for voiceovers where I did variations on tacos and Latin accents, and my first screen role was as a bellhop on 'The Sopranos.'

I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.'

I don't differentiate between black and Latino actors. We're in the same struggle to be represented in a way that's even close to honest. And I can tell you that the amount of Latino characters I can point at and say, 'That's what my life experience looks like' - I can't think of any off the top of my head besides Jimmy Smits in 'Mi Familia.'

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.