"I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic"

“I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.”

Source : "Here's looking at you, kid" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2001.

“The traditional dictionary definition of the difference is that an alcoholic will steal your wallet in a blackout, come to, and apologize for it. A junkie will steal your wallet and then help you look for it. But ultimately I think all addictions boil down to just not being able to be with yourself for any long degree of time.”

Source : "Jerry Stahl Talks Smack". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 25, 2013.

“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.”

“I ain't got time to bleed.”

“When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.”

“I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.”

“Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.”

“Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural problems were 'evaluated'. My time there comes back to me now only in flashes of smells, images and sounds.”