Quotes from Esai Morales

I'm a very romantic person.

If you don't look like the ruling class, bring your inhaler.

I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it.

I don't get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways.

You know, I'm not making top dollar, but when you're making top dollar, there are a lot of people waiting for you to fall.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

Frankie is my baby. He is the sweetest dog in the world. Frankie is like the son I never had. He keeps me healthy; I walk and run him. I always feel that I need to spend more time with him and give him more attention. I find myself unloading my emotions on him.

We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.

I think the legacy left behind by 'Battlestar' speaks for itself. I thought that these avid fans, most of whom were skeptical at first... to turn them into a fan of 'Caprica' as well is a daunting task, a big challenge.

My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

It's people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it's 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Lost' or 'The Sopranos.' It's the people we've grown to love or otherwise.

My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father.

When you have a little 10-month-old who is climbing up your leg because you are their mountain - there's no nobler reason to get out of bed every day. There's no better reason to live, to make sure you provide as much guidance and as much room for that child to thrive.

Do I have to see movies and television about the English throne or the Holocaust every year? There are multiple multi-million dollar movies with the same backdrop. But our Holocaust - meaning Latino - aren't ever told.

Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?

I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I'm very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

I'm a very romantic person.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.