I translated it for emcee, but in case anyone else is interested, here's what he said in Spanish:
"Let me get this thing up [the mike] Ok, well, I'm gonna start in Spanish for awhile because although my career has specifically been in American theater, in the city of Chicago, and here as well, I started by speaking Spanish, and when I was 5 is when I learned to speak English. I also started acting in Spanish, as well. And it's an enormous honor to receive an award that has specifically been dedicated to help our latinos here in this country, cause we need all the help we can get. This is a country that has a series of extraordinary stereotypes, in terms of what it means to be latino. They treat us like a [I can't understand that word he says. I think it's "runga", which means a guerrilla] of imbeciles, basically, or [a series of words I can't make out. I think he says "marimberos" and "malcriados"], or drug addicts, and they never give us the opportunity, particularly in Hollywood, to make the type of work we know we can make. That was my experience growing up in Miami, those have been my experiences trying to find work as a latino actor, but, it has NOT been my experience here in New York, thank God."
With that, he just made my list of the awesomest people ever :)
Updated On: 5/30/08 at 10:37 PM
