1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hey, there are folks quick, can you name the highest 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: grossing Spanish language movie of all time? It's okay, I 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: couldn't either, But then I found out who wrote, directed, 4 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: and starred in it, and I said, oh, that guy. 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: We love that guy, and that guy just happens to 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: be our guest right here today on this episode of 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: Amy and TJ. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to the show. 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 3: Rose. 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: This is like, you're giddy. You know him, you know 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: him so well, you love him and everything you've seen, 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: and now we got him in here with us. 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 4: A you Henneo Derbez and that smiles, even his face, 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 4: like as soon as you see it, it makes what 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 4: doesn't matter what kind of day you're having, all of 16 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 4: a sudden you feel lighter, brighter, better. He is that 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 4: light and certainly everything he's been touching as a blade 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 4: has been turning to gold. I mean, it's an incredible story. 19 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 4: A Hano, thank you for being with us, and congratulations 20 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 4: on all of your remarkable success. 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 3: Oh, thank you guys. First of all, thanks for so 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 3: beautiful introduction. I had chills. Thank you very much, thank you, 23 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 3: thank you, thank you. Well. Yeah, I am, I'm a 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 3: very familiar face to all Latinos. Let's say they've been 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 3: watching my shows for decades, but I'm a kind of 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 3: a new phase for the for the Americans. It's it's 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 3: a great story because I had a career my entire life. 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 3: I worked in Mexico, from Mexico for all Latin America, 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: and and eleven years ago after my I did a 30 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 3: movie called Instructions Not Included. That was the one who 31 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: had the title of the highest crossing Spanish language film 32 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: ever worldwide. And that movie changed my and so eleven 33 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 3: years ago I moved to the US and I started 34 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 3: from scratch in my career here in the US. So 35 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: it's been it's been a trip. 36 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 4: You started from scratch. You have a you know, a 37 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 4: star on the Hollywood Walk of FG, which is always 38 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 4: like that big You've made it moment, and that is 39 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 4: that was nine years ago. Even so all you've done 40 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 4: since then. When I see you, I think of how 41 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 4: to be a Latin lover. I think about the Overboard 42 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 4: remake because that is literally my favorite movie, the original 43 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 4: of all time. And you all just did Anna Faris. 44 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 4: It was such a cute flip on a script that 45 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 4: I loved. But Dora, the Lost City of gold. I mean, 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 4: you just name it. And so all of you have 47 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: been on the big screen for some many of us. 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: But now you're wrapping up a highly successful four seasons 49 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: on Apple plus Acapulco and we've been watching it all 50 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 4: morning long. It just puts you on a good mood. 51 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 4: It's such a great fun just like it's It's something 52 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: that you don't have out there and a lot of 53 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 4: the streaming services, something that's wholesome even and fun. 54 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: To watch absolutely well. I always wanted to. I remember 55 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 3: that I grew up watching a series with my parents, 56 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 3: The Beverly Hill Billies, the Monsters, the Adams Family, the 57 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 3: Love Boats, you name it, many many many, and I 58 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 3: was like, why they don't do family stuff right now? 59 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 3: Everything is about kidnapping, murders, blood, sex, violence, And I 60 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 3: wanted to do something that could you could watch with 61 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: your family. And also I wanted to portray Mexico in 62 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 3: a different way because every time you would turn on 63 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: the news and you hear about Mexico, it's always about 64 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 3: narcos killing all the bad stuff that I know it's there, 65 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: but Mexico is more, much more than that, and I 66 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 3: really wanted to show Mexico the others side of Mexico 67 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 3: that sometimes the news doesn't show. So that's why we 68 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 3: came up with this idea of a Capulco that it's 69 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: it's based slightly based in in How to Be a 70 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 3: Latin Lover. It's like the prequel of How to Be 71 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 3: a Latin Lover that if you if you haven't watched 72 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 3: the movie, it's a very very very funny movie with 73 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 3: Sana Hayek, Robbulo, Kristen Bell, Michael Sarah. It's a great 74 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 3: cast and it was hilarious and Raquel Welch also it 75 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 3: was her last movie. So anyway, we decided to do 76 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: this prequel called Akapulco, and thank god we've been on 77 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: the air for the last four seasons. 78 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: You talked about how successful a lot fat might I 79 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: know you were wildly successful in Mexico. Everybody knows you, 80 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: of course in Latin America. But to compare for me, 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: if you will, compare might be the wrong word, but 82 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: success in Mexico as a television or movie star and 83 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: success in Hollywood as a television or movie star, and 84 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: some of that. You could talk about the practical rewards 85 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: and what life looks like. But for you personally, How 86 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: did those two accomplishments even compare or feel different to 87 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: conquering Mexico or and then conquering a certain degree Hollywood. 88 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: It's completely different. I remember that I tried to do 89 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 3: the crossover for many many years. I remember that I was, 90 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 3: let me tell you really quickly story I was in. 91 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 3: I fell in love with Hollywood. Since I was a kid. 92 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: I used to go to the movie theaters to watch 93 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: Hollywood movies with my mom and we watched like three 94 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: movies on Friday, four movies on Saturday, three movies. It 95 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 3: was insane. I really loved with movies. And every year 96 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 3: I was watching the Oscars, and one day I told 97 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: my mom while we were watching the Oscars, that's what 98 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 3: I want to do when I grow up. I want 99 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 3: to tell stories. I want to be a storyteller. And 100 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 3: since then I fell in love with Hollywood. But then 101 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: I started working in Mexico. Thank god, I had a 102 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: very successful career. And it was until my mom died 103 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 3: when I was forty two. And when I somebody called me, 104 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 3: I always think that it was my mom from heaven 105 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 3: reminding me that I had a dream. But anyway, she 106 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: passed after she passed. Like two weeks later, I received 107 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 3: the call from an agent from Hollywood, and that's when 108 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: I remember, of course I had a dream. So first 109 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 3: thing I did, I said, yeah, let's have a meeting 110 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 3: in la And I immediately called Berlitz and I started 111 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: taking English lessons because my English was really, really really 112 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: it is still I'm still a working progress, but it 113 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: was really bad back then. And I started learning English, 114 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 3: real English at forty two, and well, yeah, and here 115 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 3: I am. I started. I had a meeting then I 116 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 3: long story, I'm not gonna bore you, but I ended 117 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: up three years after that meeting. I ended up doing 118 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,119 Speaker 3: a play in Broadway on Broadway at the Helen Hayes 119 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 3: Theater called Latino Loagues. And then I did a movie 120 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 3: with Adam Sandler Blah blah blah blah blah, Jack and Jill. 121 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: And then I did a TV series with Rob Schnyder 122 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: called Rob and I was ten years later, after trying 123 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: to do the crossover, finally I did Broadway. I did 124 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: my movie with Adam Sandler, I did a series and 125 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 3: many other things in the middle and then I said, Okay, 126 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 3: I I had it. I'm going to go back to 127 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 3: my country because this it was taking a lot of 128 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 3: energy from me. Because I had my career in Mexico. 129 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 3: I was like shooting all the week long my my 130 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 3: TV shows, and then during the weekends I was coming 131 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 3: to the US to do my stuff. It was insane. 132 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 3: So I said, not anymore, and I went back to 133 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: Mexico and to do my movie called Instruction Not Included. 134 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 3: And when I quit the American Dream and I came back, 135 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 3: it came back when it is the theaters. So it's 136 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: a it's a it's a great story. You know. 137 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: I'm curious about the We were just talking about this 138 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: with Bad Money the other night. Well, he did Saturday 139 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: Night Live. He did, He hosted Saturday Night Live. English 140 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: is not his first language either, and I was thinking 141 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: about how terrifying that is if I had to go 142 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: to fans and get in front of a live television audience, 143 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: no matter how good my French might be. When you 144 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: started learning English at forty two, how long before you 145 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: got the first gig in which you had to perform 146 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: in English? And what did that feel like? Having to 147 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: like this is it? You got to try out the 148 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: English you've been learning and do it on camera. 149 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 3: That's a great question. I this is a story I 150 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 3: went to I came to La as a tourist one 151 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 3: not a tourists. I had to learn English after that meeting. 152 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 3: I remember that I took my meeting and I said, 153 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,719 Speaker 3: I need urgently to take English lessnse. So I went 154 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: to Berlin's. I took like a week intense week course 155 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: and then the teacher sent me to see a play 156 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 3: called Latino Loogux that was in a at the current theater, 157 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 3: this small theater in La and I saw this monologues 158 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 3: and I said I I cannot do this. I have 159 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: to be honest with me. I can't do this. But 160 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: but the director. 161 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: Uh. 162 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 3: There was a Latin actor who knew me. He saw 163 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 3: me in the in the audience and he presented me 164 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 3: with the director. The director invited me, if you ever 165 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 3: want to do a monologue, just call me and come 166 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: to La and do it. And I was like, I 167 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 3: didn't tell him, but I was like, I cannot do this. 168 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 3: I know my ligit. I cannot do this. Well. It 169 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 3: was in my head for three months and after three 170 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 3: months I said I'm gonna do it. So I called 171 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 3: the director. They sent me three monologues. I learned the 172 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: monologues by I mean literally by the book. I didn't 173 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 3: know what I was saying. I was trying to do 174 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 3: some research, but it was a lot of slang and 175 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 3: things that were related with the culture, and I was 176 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 3: afraid of asking because I didn't want to lose the opportunity. 177 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 3: So I just learned everything just by the book memory memorized. 178 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 3: I didn't I saw I was not understanding what I 179 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 3: was saying. And I finally showed up like six months later. 180 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 3: So I was still learning English when I stood up 181 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 3: in front of this audience in La and I delivered 182 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: my first monologue like nine months after I started studying 183 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 3: and studying English. And that night, after that monologue, I 184 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 3: went to a hotel, to my hotel to sleep, and 185 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 3: I had an internal bleeding because of the stress I had, 186 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 3: and I ended up. I ended up in the hospital. 187 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: I had to call nine one one because I was fainting. 188 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 3: I called the reception. I was like, I feel really bad. 189 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 3: So anyway, story short story, I went to the hospital 190 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 3: because I was because the amount of stress that I 191 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 3: had that night, it was insane. 192 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: Jesus. 193 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,479 Speaker 4: I mean that just speaks to what you put yourself 194 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 4: through there was a physical manifestation of the stress and 195 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 4: the worry, all the hard work. I'm for the pressure 196 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 4: you put on yourself to be the best, but my goodness, yeah, 197 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 4: and then what did you change? 198 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 3: Did you? 199 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 4: How did you evolve from that where Okay, I can 200 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: now get up and perform and not feel this terrible 201 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 4: and this scared. How long did it take? 202 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 3: Well? I after that night, I continued every every single 203 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 3: weekend without any payment. They just let me perform. I 204 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: had to pay my own hotels, flights, everything. So every 205 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 3: weekend I was like going back to LA to perform 206 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: until three years later. Three years later, every single weekend 207 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: performing we ended up on Broadway with that play. That 208 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 3: was a play that we presented on Broadway. So but 209 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 3: before that, it was insane, I know, and I was 210 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: I wasn't Broadway and I was telling my my, my, 211 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 3: my friends. The actors that were performing with me. I 212 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 3: was like, why you never told me that I was 213 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 3: mispronouncing a lot of words And they were like, well, 214 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: we thought you were like playing with the with the language, 215 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 3: making fun of the language. I was like, no, no, no, 216 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 3: it was me mispronouncing. But let me tell you story, 217 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 3: uh I? I mean after I decided to do this. 218 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 3: I mean I I went to the hospital that day. 219 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: I'm sorry because I'm like, I don't want you to 220 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 3: confuse you. I decided to to finally perform in English 221 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 3: every weekend. Then I went back to Mexico. I I 222 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 3: did Broadway in La, no Broadway in New York, and 223 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 3: then I went back to La to do the Adam 224 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: Sander movie, then the Rob Schneider and then I quit 225 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 3: the American Dream. But I was still working in Mexico 226 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 3: with my show on my TV shows that were airing 227 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 3: every single week at the same time. So it was 228 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 3: really really tired, tired for me. And then I had 229 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 3: to make a decision. When the movie opens in two 230 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 3: thoy thirteen and it became the highest grossing splanis Langlas 231 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: film in the US and worldwide, my agents told me, 232 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 3: you need to come to the US, and it's now 233 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 3: or never. So I closed my office, my production company, 234 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 3: every my entire life. I shut down my entire life 235 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 3: in Mexico to move to the US. And I was 236 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 3: fifty two by then, So it's been it's been an 237 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 3: insane adventure. 238 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 4: And you know, a you hennyway, I think it is 239 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 4: so cool for people to hear and to listen because 240 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 4: people think I'm too old. I can't do this, I 241 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 4: can't learn that. I can't be that vulnerable. I can't 242 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 4: push myself that hard. I'm this age to hear you 243 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 4: tell your story and to see your level of success. 244 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 4: It wasn't luck, it wasn't right place, right time. It 245 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 4: was courage, and it was hard work. And that was 246 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 4: and of course you're talented, you have to have that foundation. 247 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 4: But that is so inspirational and I appreciate. I know 248 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 4: people listening appreciate hearing your story because we give up 249 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 4: too quickly. But to hear what you did and to 250 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 4: see your success, it's awesome. 251 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: Even I appreciate hearing it. 252 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 3: Oh, thank you. It was. It was hard because I 253 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 3: remember that I was fifty two when I took a 254 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 3: lip of faith and I left everything behind. Everyone. Everyone 255 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 3: in Mexico was telling me, are you crazy? I mean, 256 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 3: you have a family, You had the highest My show 257 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 3: was number one on ratings in Mexico. Imagine like, I 258 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 3: don't know if all of a sudden, Jimmy fallon quitting 259 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 3: his job and going to China to start all over 260 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 3: in another language. 261 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, that would be saying. 262 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 3: It was insane in the room. Are you crazy? Your 263 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 3: show is number one on the Are you going to 264 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 3: quit your show? Your production company? Everything? But I felt 265 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: inside of me that it was my dreams. Inside was 266 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 3: a kid that I and I fought for it like 267 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: it left ten years before and it didn't really happen. 268 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 3: So it was now or never. So I moved to 269 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 3: LA and it was this is a true story. When 270 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 3: I took them, I make the decision to move to 271 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 3: the US. June nineteenth, I was flying with my wife 272 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 3: finally with all my luggage to start a new life 273 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 3: in the US. And that day we woke up at 274 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 3: four am. We say we said goodbye to my house 275 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 3: for many many years, friends, family, and I was on 276 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 3: the airplane with my wife and I was like, I 277 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 3: asked her, do you think we're making the right decision? 278 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: And she was like, my love, it's too late. Let's 279 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 3: just go for it. We were flying and when we 280 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 3: landed in LA we had hundreds of messages. While we 281 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 3: were flying from Mexico to LA. They gave me the 282 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 3: start in the Hollywood Book of Fame. While we were flying. 283 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,239 Speaker 3: I mean, if I put this in a movie, They 284 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 3: will say, come on the day you were moving from Mexico, 285 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 3: that day you received it. Well, that really happened in 286 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 3: real life. 287 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 2: And when we come on sign oh come on it 288 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: no way, this is the universe asking your question that 289 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: you asked me when we were about to take off. 290 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 3: So it's crazy that that same day, when we were flying, 291 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 3: I received the news that I got the starting the 292 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 3: Hollywood Block of Fame. 293 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 4: It's called validation from the universe. 294 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, are you one of those folks who again, I've 295 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: been on board with this more of the past few 296 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: years because of my dear Amy Robot here. But don't 297 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,479 Speaker 1: ignore the signs from the universe. Are you one that 298 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: now pays attention to signs? Are you one that follows 299 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: or you one that kind of has ignored them a 300 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: lot of times in your life? Because this one was 301 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: a clear sign. 302 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 3: Absolutely. I I I'm always looking for those signs that 303 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 3: life is given you. And the first time I really 304 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 3: understood the value of flowing. Actually I'm right right now, 305 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 3: I'm writing a movie about about that. But the first 306 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 3: time I pay attention was when I in two thousand 307 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 3: and one, I was doing my shows were like number one. 308 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 3: For the first time I was the peak of my 309 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: career in television in Mexico and I wanted to transition 310 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 3: to movies and nobody wanted to hire me. And I 311 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 3: was like, but why, I mean, I have the highest ratings. 312 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 3: All the companies wanted to work with me, but not 313 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 3: the the movie directors, the director from the movies. They 314 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 3: didn't want to hire me, and they said, you are 315 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 3: too commercial, too commercial for us, you are the TV comedian. 316 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: So they never gave me the opportunity. And that's when 317 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 3: I and back then, I said this is not fair. 318 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 3: Life is not fair. I was blaming on everyone and 319 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 3: and but because of that, I had the courage to 320 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: start writing my first movie, because I said, if nobody's 321 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 3: gonna is giving me the opportunity, I have to build 322 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 3: my own opportunity. And that day I sat down to 323 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 3: start writing my own movie. Twelve years later, that movie 324 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 3: was instructions not included. When I I was finishing the movie, 325 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 3: I told my produce, my co producer, I was like, 326 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 3: I want to put at the very end in the 327 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 3: credits something like I want to thank all the people 328 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 3: who rejected me, because thanks to them, I could make 329 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 3: this movie. I didn't do it but that was a lesson. 330 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 3: Sometimes life is you you feel that this is unfair. 331 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 3: Why is this happening to me? It's the universe telling 332 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 3: you it's this way, not this way. 333 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: You didn't have to put that at the end of 334 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: your movie at all, because when you were on the 335 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: Oscar stage with your cast from Coda getting a freaking Oscar, 336 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: I assure you that was a bigger message than anything 337 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 1: you could have put at the credits. 338 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 3: Now I got Chelsea, yeah. 339 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 4: Oh yes, we didn't even talk about Soda that movie. 340 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 4: My god, what I've seen it twice now, but your performance, 341 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 4: along with everyone else in that cast, that had to 342 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 4: be What was that moment like you've just described how 343 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 4: you have, you know, just paved your way like a bulldozer, 344 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 4: just finding a way, forging your own path to be 345 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 4: standing on that stage for that incredible piece of art. 346 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 4: What was that moment? Like? 347 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 3: It was surreal. As I told you before, I used 348 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 3: to watch the Oscars every year since I was eight 349 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 3: years old. I was watching every year the Oscars with 350 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 3: my mom by my side. So if you see the 351 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 3: video when we are receiving the Oscar at the very end, 352 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 3: you will see me back looking at the sky and 353 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 3: I was talking with my mom. It's it's there. I 354 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: don't have the picture right now, but I was like Mom. 355 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 3: Inside of me, I was like telling Mom, I'm here. 356 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 3: I mean, I know, many many years ago, I was 357 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 3: on the other side of the TV in my house 358 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 3: in Mexico watching the Oscars. Now I'm here. Finally. I 359 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 3: couldn't believe it. And I swear that year there were 360 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 3: there were many, many, many movies with it was Leonardo DiCaprio, 361 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 3: Jennifer Lawrence, will Smith, Al Pacino, Lady Gaga, your Red Letto. 362 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 3: The casts of the other movies was insane, and we 363 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 3: were small independent movie with no big names. So I 364 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 3: was absolutely sure that we were not gonna win. It 365 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 3: was like so I enjoyed the Oscars so bad because 366 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 3: I was like, I'm sure this, It's just I we're 367 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 3: not gonna win. I don't have to speak anything. So 368 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 3: I was just watching the Oscars. I was a little 369 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 3: bit shocked by the slap because that year was well 370 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 3: remember but all of the time when they said and 371 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 3: the winner is coda, I just couldn't believe. I'm I 372 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 3: don't have I don't remember what happened when between they 373 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: said coda, and I went to the stage. I was like, 374 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 3: it was like all the memories coming into my head 375 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 3: and the shock that I don't even remember what happened 376 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 3: between they said code and I went to the stage. 377 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 3: It was insane. 378 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: But how did your life change from the moment you 379 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: got off that stage. We've seen the projects you've been 380 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: doing and what now, But really what how did you 381 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: feel life got different from you? Almost literally from the 382 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: moment you walked off that stage. 383 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:25,479 Speaker 3: Everything changes in your life. I remember that in just 384 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 3: I was shooting a movie called Radical and I had to. 385 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 3: I stopped shooting for just twenty four hours to go 386 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 3: to the Oscars, and then I went back to Mexico 387 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 3: and just the airport was insane, insane. I couldn't walk 388 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 3: when I came back to my country because the press 389 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: was there and they didn't let me even walk outside 390 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 3: the airport and a lot of offers, and I remember 391 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 3: that I had to. It's very dangerous when you you 392 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 3: get to that point, because you have to make a 393 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 3: lot of big decisions. And I think I was not 394 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 3: ready for that, because you have a lot of voices 395 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 3: like don't take any job, wait for something more important, 396 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 3: and on the other side, it's like, no, no, no, 397 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 3: this is a great opportunity. It's really really, really life changing. 398 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 3: It's complicated. And then on the other hand, I'm well 399 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 3: known for being a comedian, so constantly everyone wanted me 400 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 3: to do comedy, and I want to do more drama. 401 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 3: So it was like also a struggle, a big struggle 402 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 3: in what kind of offers take and what to do 403 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 3: with my career from now on. So it's been a challenge, I. 404 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 4: Mean, and I think it's so cool to see your 405 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 4: work and to see you building your career across two cultures, 406 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 4: and to be able to be bilingual and to have 407 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 4: some Spanish and some English in your projects, to ring 408 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 4: and unite two neighboring countries together in the midst of 409 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 4: a lot of political upheaval. How do you balance making 410 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 4: the art you make with the realities that you see 411 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 4: all around you? I mean, that has to be tough, 412 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 4: you know. Do you speak out? Do you say what 413 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 4: you think? Do you feel like you would be ostracized 414 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 4: in a way if you actually spoke how you truly feel? 415 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm just curious, as an artist and as 416 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 4: a Mexican, how you balance that. 417 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 3: It's really hard to balance because, as I just mentioned, 418 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 3: I want to do something more significant, something deeper, especially 419 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 3: after Coda. When I was shooting Coda, I remember that 420 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 3: we had the project and I beg you to watch 421 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 3: a movie called Radical, because Radical was one of the 422 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 3: projects that I wanted to do for many, many years. 423 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 3: But the studios were like, no, no, no, you are the 424 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 3: funny guy. You did a one hundred million dollars with 425 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 3: instruction not included overboarded also one hundred million dollars at 426 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: the box office, so you need to continue doing comedies. 427 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 3: And I wanted to do something deeper, something different. I 428 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 3: wanted to explore drama, et cetera. And Coda, thank God, 429 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 3: was the project that opened a small door to start 430 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 3: changing that that vision that all the producers have of me. 431 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 3: So it's helped me a lot because after Code, I 432 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 3: did Radical that won the Sundance Film Festival and it's 433 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 3: based on a true story. It's incredible. You have to 434 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 3: watch it. And but still until this day is for 435 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 3: me a very very complicated because the studios, the producers, 436 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 3: they were always asking me to commercial stuff and I 437 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 3: don't really want to. I want to do something different, 438 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 3: and that's been the struggle to balance my entire life 439 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 3: between I know that I can make a lot of 440 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 3: money and at the box office, at least in Latin America. 441 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 3: I've been always thank god I have a very faithful 442 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 3: fan base, but at the same time, I want to 443 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 3: do something different, and it's been it's been very complicated 444 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 3: to find the balance I. 445 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: Have there and trying to find the balance. You're talking 446 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: about some somebody's offering you something and then somebody saying, hey, 447 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: you need to hold on for something bigger. Has there 448 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: been something or projects that have come along that you 449 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: did say no to and then you see how they 450 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: came out later and you go, damn, I could have 451 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: done that better, or man, I would have Do you 452 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: have those roles and movies that you have given up 453 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: and just something that still sticks with you, like, damn, 454 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: I shouldn't have given that one up. 455 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, since the beginning of my career, Okay, let me 456 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 3: I said no. I said no to Alphonso when he 457 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 3: was in his first movie. He was he was a student, 458 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 3: he was not well known. I was I was already 459 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 3: working on TV. And he called me for his first 460 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 3: movie project, and and I said no to him, and 461 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 3: and I think that's why I've never worked with him again, because. 462 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: Why do you say no? 463 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 3: Because I was I just had my first TV show. 464 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 3: After many many years of uh you know, uh struggling 465 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 3: of asking for jobs in Mexico, I was starting my 466 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: career and this is I got finally my first TV 467 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 3: show in Mexico when Alphonso called me and he was 468 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 3: still a student at UH and in the in Mexico, 469 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 3: in in a place in a school called well whatever, 470 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 3: c CEC. I think it's CCC and UH, and he 471 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 3: was doing his how do you call his final exam 472 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 3: with a movie called solo only with your I know 473 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 3: how it translates to do English like only with your 474 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 3: partner or only with your something. So uh. The thing 475 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 3: is that I was doing the skilly show and I 476 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 3: was like, I'm too busy right now. This guy is 477 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 3: a very nice students, but I don't have time to 478 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 3: do things. So thank you allphone, so thank you very much. 479 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,479 Speaker 3: And I didn't do that, so I of course I 480 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 3: regretted a lot. And now we're friends. He's a friend 481 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 3: of mine, but he's never hired me again. 482 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 4: And do you have a lot of I can only 483 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 4: imagine how many young men and women, especially from Mexico, 484 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 4: look up to you and say, I want to do 485 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 4: what Aohinio did, I want to be like him? What 486 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 4: advice do you give, especially those young folks, but anyone 487 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 4: truly who looks at someone's improbable story like yours and think, 488 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 4: how could I do that? Or I could never do that? 489 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 3: I would say, And it's something I always mentioned to 490 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 3: especially to students. Never say I cannot do this. Ever, 491 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 3: it's complicated, but the only way that I've at least 492 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 3: in my experience. Don't put your life or your opportunities 493 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 3: in somebody else's hands. Create your own opportunities. So I'm 494 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 3: always telling if you want to make a movie, or 495 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 3: you want to make it TV show, whatever you want 496 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 3: to do, write it yourself. But I'm not a writer, okay, 497 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 3: So go and work as a waiter, or go wash 498 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 3: cars or do whatever you want, make some money, and 499 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 3: then hire a writer and sit down with him with him. 500 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 3: Not just please write something, No, sit down with him. 501 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 3: Develop your own script. And that's the only way you're 502 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 3: going to achieve your dreams. Don't wait until someone calls you. 503 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 3: Create your own opportunities. Don't ask for a job, Come 504 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 3: and knock at the door with the proposal. That's what 505 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 3: it changed my life. 506 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: How do you the folks you do tell that to 507 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: the maybe young students are up and coming actors, writers, directors, 508 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: How do they receive that news? I asked that because 509 00:32:55,880 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: sometimes a younger generation gets no, no, sometimes criticized for 510 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: wanting it all too quickly, or I'll I'll use a 511 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: YouTube channel and I just want to go viral kind 512 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: of a thing. And they look at you and they 513 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: see your success. They don't know the grind and the 514 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,959 Speaker 1: every weekend for three years in la flights you're making right, 515 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: So how do they receive that news when you tell 516 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: them put your head down and get to work. 517 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 3: I feel that nowadays generation they don't understand that anymore. 518 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 3: It's like they, as you just said, they want everything quick, 519 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 3: easy and and and unfortunately this device, it's it's danger 520 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 3: because anyone from your house, from your home, you can 521 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 3: just put it in front and do this. For the 522 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 3: reason that I don't understand why you have ten million 523 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 3: US and now you're famous. And of course how can 524 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 3: why I would listen to Ans or TG or Amy 525 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 3: or or Robert de Niro or whever you want. When 526 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 3: I know that by doing I'm going to have ten 527 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 3: million reviews and companies are gonna pay me a lot 528 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 3: of money for doing so. It's that's another world. 529 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 4: How old are your kids are you, Haniel? 530 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 3: I have three grown ups thirty well, yeah, thirty seven, 531 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 3: thirty three, and thirty one, and a little one eleven. 532 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 3: The little one, Yeah, the little one is like that. 533 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 3: I didn't we were not expecting to have another kid, 534 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:45,479 Speaker 3: but we finally decided to and she changed my entire life. 535 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 3: So and now I'm struggling with having her off screen 536 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 3: as much as possible. 537 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's eleven. You said we had a twelve year old. 538 00:34:55,360 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 3: Here you are eleven. So we have to make them 539 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 3: understand that this is not good for anyone. 540 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 4: But I think it's pretty cool to hear about the 541 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 4: fact that you and your adult children and your wife 542 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 4: all forming a company together. I mean, that is the dream, 543 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 4: isn't it for so many people? Just to do what 544 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,240 Speaker 4: you love and then to do it with the people 545 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 4: you love. How has that been navigating that? 546 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 3: Well, let me tell you all my kids, for some reason, 547 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 3: they decided to be to get to be in the 548 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 3: show business. So all of them are independent and all 549 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 3: of them are successful. They are starring each one of them. 550 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:45,959 Speaker 3: They're starting already their own movies, serious TV shows. And 551 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 3: my three kids and my wife is a very popular 552 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 3: pop singer right now, she's in Mexico, she's touring. She's 553 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 3: always like performing in front of twenty five thousand people. 554 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,280 Speaker 3: So we decided one day to do a show called 555 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,360 Speaker 3: Traveling with Lost Their Best Traveling with their Best family, 556 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,359 Speaker 3: and you can watch it and on Amazon worldwide, and 557 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,800 Speaker 3: I think in the US unfortunately it's in a small 558 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 3: platform called vix but it's one of the most and 559 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 3: I think it's number one series for Amazon in Latin America. 560 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 3: So every single year we do a trip. We just 561 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 3: launched Japan season. We went to Japan with the entire 562 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 3: family and it's really really successful. I don't know why 563 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 3: it was for me, it was an experiment, but it 564 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 3: worked really well. I was like, people are not going 565 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 3: to be interested in me traveling with my family. It's 566 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 3: gonna be it's not gonna happen. People are not gonna 567 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:53,240 Speaker 3: watch this. Well, it was a huge success. So after 568 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 3: five seasons, we decided to launch a studio with my 569 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 3: entire family and we are going to start We're going 570 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 3: to start working in our own stuff. We're not going 571 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 3: to wait for companies, studios or platforms to hire us. 572 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,239 Speaker 3: We're going to start producing our own stuff with our 573 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 3: own ideas. And that's the idea of this to you. 574 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,240 Speaker 1: And you wonder why they want you to keep doing comedy. 575 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,879 Speaker 1: You've gone through everything you touched. This was number one, 576 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: this was the highest person in this, this was number 577 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 1: one here, and this was number one. So yeah, they 578 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,479 Speaker 1: see your number one resume and it's hard. Why would 579 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: we have him step out of that lane where he's successful. 580 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: But to your point, it's a good one. I think 581 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: a lot of actors that already struggle with that, even 582 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: musicians right trying to try something new. So I applaud 583 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: you for doing so and sticking with it. My last 584 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 1: question for you has to do with you know you 585 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,359 Speaker 1: mentioned it at the top right. It's difficult to see 586 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,480 Speaker 1: and you're trying to give a different impression in our 587 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: view of Mexico. And I know we've turned the TV 588 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,839 Speaker 1: here every single day and the debates are going on 589 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: in politics. I'm not going to get into a political debate, 590 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: but it has gotten nasty with immigration talk and the 591 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: ice raids. If you had a chance to, I know, 592 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: you can't sit down with every single American who's maybe 593 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: you applaud in the ice raids and maybe don't maybe 594 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,280 Speaker 1: have a colder heart when it comes to the compassion 595 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: for people who are maybe here illegally for whatever reason. 596 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: If you had a chance, though, to just make a 597 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: plead to them to soften their hearts a little bit 598 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,240 Speaker 1: about what they're seeing. Nobody here wants anyone to break 599 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: the law and get away with it. We all can 600 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,399 Speaker 1: agree on that, but there's a little compassion sometimes that's 601 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: missing from the conversation. For you, if you could just 602 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 1: take a moment for those Americans, what would you say 603 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,239 Speaker 1: to them to try to possibly just soften the heart 604 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: or give a little different perspective. 605 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 3: Thank you for this opportunity and for this question. I 606 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 3: would say, I know that we just see or feel 607 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:03,919 Speaker 3: that all these people coming to this country are stealing jobs. 608 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 3: First of all, they're not stealing anything. They are the 609 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 3: ones that start America at four am by cooking cleaning. 610 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:19,760 Speaker 3: When you arrive to your office, a Latino already cooked 611 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 3: your breakfast, or clean your floor or whatever in any area. 612 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 3: We are hard working people, but we're in this country 613 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 3: not because we want to make more money or steal 614 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 3: a job. Most of the people that are all these 615 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:42,200 Speaker 3: immigrants that come to the US are clean, are running 616 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:49,080 Speaker 3: away from violence. It's not their fault. I swear. I've 617 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:53,759 Speaker 3: seen these people that are constantly threatened. They rape their 618 00:39:55,520 --> 00:40:02,759 Speaker 3: woman's their child, they're steal their houses. The narcos sometimes 619 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 3: many of them, they're constantly making. All these people flee 620 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 3: from their countries because they're again they're raping, stealing, There's 621 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 3: no job opportunities, so these people are starving, so they 622 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,880 Speaker 3: come to the US just to find some peace, to 623 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 3: find a decent way to make a living, and to 624 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 3: feed their families and their kids. So I just want 625 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 3: to put this on the table, because they're not criminals, 626 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,360 Speaker 3: or they're not just looking well, let's go to the 627 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 3: US to make more money. Why not. No, they're literally 628 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:48,520 Speaker 3: fleeing from being killed or being raped or starving, and 629 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 3: all they want is to work decently and try to 630 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,280 Speaker 3: feed their families. 631 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,880 Speaker 4: You know, and we appreciate that. I can't imagine just 632 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 4: the pull that must but you must feel, and so 633 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,320 Speaker 4: many other just Latino Americans and Latinos around the world 634 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:13,760 Speaker 4: just feeling torn because people don't understand unless you've walked 635 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,359 Speaker 4: in their shoes. And I think that's what we're all 636 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:16,919 Speaker 4: hoping for. 637 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:17,920 Speaker 3: I mean, so. 638 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 4: Many of us just want there to be just more 639 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 4: perspective and bigger hearts and just a willingness to try 640 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,640 Speaker 4: and understand and to ask questions instead of to throw accusations. 641 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,800 Speaker 3: So yeah, we appreciate that, no think. And of course 642 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 3: in one and I don't know in between, in ten 643 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,440 Speaker 3: thousand people probably are two that are not good people, 644 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 3: but they're like pointing them like they're like they they're 645 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:53,360 Speaker 3: like gang members, like you kill assistance or rapers. They're not. 646 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,440 Speaker 3: They're good people and they're they have families, and it 647 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 3: breaks my heart to see how they are like reporting 648 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:06,200 Speaker 3: them and tearing them away from their kids and making 649 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 3: I don't know, it's a mess. It's a very complicated subject. 650 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 4: Well, the art that you make, uh and certainly just 651 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 4: even programs like Alcopolco, which I love that you're part 652 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:23,240 Speaker 4: of your mission is to show people your culture, your people, 653 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 4: not in the way they've been depicted on the news, 654 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,040 Speaker 4: but in the way you live, breathe see experience them. 655 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,719 Speaker 4: And anyone who travels to your beautiful country knows the same. 656 00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 4: We're huge fans. 657 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: We're there. 658 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 4: We try to be there at least once a year. 659 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 4: We love the West and the East coast. They are 660 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:41,960 Speaker 4: and we I still want to go to Mexico City. 661 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start going on the weekend. Get my Spanish better. 662 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 3: Yes, Mexico City. It's a great, great city. It's it's 663 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 3: it's it's so completely different from anything else you'll see. 664 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 3: And great food, by the way, it is in there. 665 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,919 Speaker 4: It's on my list. But yes, we are just huge 666 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 4: fans of yours and your work and just continued success. 667 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,479 Speaker 4: I don't think that you need any like adda boys 668 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 4: from us, because certainly you are self motivated in a 669 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,120 Speaker 4: way most people are not, and you have read benefits 670 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,920 Speaker 4: and just your warm heart, your beautiful smile. 671 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:20,200 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you about you being okay. We know 672 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,520 Speaker 1: whatever happens, you're gonna be fine. You'll work your way 673 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,640 Speaker 1: out of it. It'll be fine. 674 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:24,960 Speaker 2: Man. 675 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 1: It is an absolute pleasure and it's an inspiration. Look, 676 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 1: we didn't know how this was going to go and 677 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,680 Speaker 1: how much stuff to promote, but once you started talking, 678 00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,560 Speaker 1: we just wanted to talk to you back. So if 679 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,440 Speaker 1: you know no notes. We just wanted to have a 680 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:40,440 Speaker 1: conversation with you man, and this is absolutely been beautiful 681 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 1: for it. Thank you so much, this man. 682 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,959 Speaker 3: Thank you for this opportunity. I was really nervous because 683 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 3: i know your podcast is listening by many many people, 684 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:53,719 Speaker 3: and I'm always worried about my English because I'm still 685 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,440 Speaker 3: working on my English every single day, I swear. But 686 00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:01,240 Speaker 3: now that I happened in eleven year old, she constantly 687 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,920 Speaker 3: request me, like, Dad, it's not this, it's that. And 688 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,719 Speaker 3: I'm always speaking in Spanish at home because I want 689 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,279 Speaker 3: her not to lose the Spanish, but I'm losing my 690 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 3: English because of that. 691 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:17,880 Speaker 1: Thank you. 692 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,680 Speaker 4: Please give love to your beautiful family, and thanks for 693 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:21,799 Speaker 4: being on the podcast. 694 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,080 Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you for inviting me. Thank you very much.