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Once you wrap your brain around playing your age, it's a very, very positive thing…
— Lou Diamond Phillips
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Lou Diamond Phillips
actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, film actor, film producer, voice actor
1962
Louis Diamond Phillips is an American actor, director, and writer. His breakthrough came when he starred as Ritchie Valens in the biographical drama film La Bamba (1987). For his performance as Angel David Guzman in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
All Quotes by Lou Diamond Phillips
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When I did La Bamba and Stand and Deliver, I marched with Cesar Chavez and fasted with him. Whatever I have directed, I've flipped roles to be more inclusive of ethnic, female and LBGQ performers. This is a flag I've waved from the beginning. I got into the door and kept my foot in it so others could come in behind me.
— Lou Diamond Phillips
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I have never felt that Hollywood is mine, and I've never felt like the King of Hollywood. I've always felt lucky to be included... to be invited to the party. I guess because I've never expected my career to be as successful as it has been – I'd still be acting for free in Dallas, Texas if La Bamba had never come along. This has always been my love and my passion – my work – and so to be doing it at the level I'm doing, I'm quite happy…
— Lou Diamond Phillips
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Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie.
— Lou Diamond Phillips