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By The Time I Was 11, I Wanted To Be A Comedian. So All Those Years Later, I've Managed To Achieve My Dream As A Kid, And It Wasn't Easy. I'm On The [hollywood] Walk Of Fame And I'm One Of The 25 Most Influential Hispanics In America, According To Time Magazine. I Think My Duty Is To Go Back And Tell Kids, 'whatever Color You Are, Wherever You Come From, Anything And Everything Is Possible.' And I'm Living Proof.

I Have Dogs In My House And Much Like Teenagers At Some Point, They Leave The Parents. Even Though They're In The Same House, They Live Independently. I Think That's How I Live With The Chihuahuas.

I'd Love To Have Michael Jackson [in My Show] Because He's Black And White. So He Would Appeal To A Universal Demographic.

D.c. Is A Great Place. The Music, Jazz, Has Always Been Great Here, The Restaurants Have Always Been Fantastic Here. And There's Been A Lot Of Changes In This City Over The Last 30 Years, And All For The Better.

I Want To Tell You About A Woman I Have Been Married To For Ten Years, My Wife, Ann, Who Speaking Truthfully, Saved Me From Myself. Who Saved Me From Destroying Myself Because Of My Background. Who Saved Me From Wasting My Life, Drinking My Life Away, Never Fulfilling My Dreams Because Of What I Had Come From, And Truly Believing And Loving - Truly The First Person To Ever Truthfully, Unconditionally Love Me.