"Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music."
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"Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head."
"I know in the movie it looks like my grandmother is condoning it, but she really wasn't. But back in those days, men beat women. She was trying to tell me something without being judgmental, trying to help me understand that's what men do."
"I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors."