I started in radio, again accidentally. I wasn’t looking for this kind of work at all. – Hector Elizondo
I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it’s six degrees of separation. – Hector Elizondo
I’m a parent, especially when you’ve had the intense parenting the way I had. It’s all in the bank. It’s all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That’s the stuff that makes your work rich, that’s what you dip into. – Hector Elizondo
Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it. – Hector Elizondo
I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you’d make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars. – Hector Elizondo
You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don’t have much time to rehearse. – Hector Elizondo
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically. – Hector Elizondo
The fact that that’s the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It’s so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands. – Hector Elizondo
I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don’t know where it’s gonna go. Wait long enough – love will find you. Everything’s a surprise. When you think you’ve got it all figured out… as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded. – Hector Elizondo
I’m attracted to pathos, because life is mostly pathos. I’ve had a lot of it in my life. – Hector Elizondo