You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that poi… - John Leguizamo

There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.

America may not realize it yet, but Latin prototypes are being created right now, and not just by me. They are these mambo kings and salsa queens, Aztec lords and Inca princesses, every Hernandez and Fernandez, whom this country will one day come to understand and respect.

He made the characters a lot more three-dimensional. It's still a 'B' movie and it's still kinda campy. Now it's these really well-developed characters, really three-dimensional.