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PS: And I guess, really, that's the work of acting: doing your best with what you've been given.
DC: You can only do as much as you can and kind of lend your brush to the canvas, and I've been very, very lucky with the world that has been placed upon me with my family and with the people around me that have allowed me to not see those barriers.
It wasn't until I went to college that I started seeing how many people — Hispanics, and Mexicans, and even in Latino culture — went to theaters to see films. You can take your family to a theme park — you know, a family of five — you're spending $60 a ticket. And by the time all in all is done, that family can spend $500 on that outing for the weekend. You take your family to the movies, you're looking at $85, $100, $120 with popcorn. And so you realize, how accessible. Our community is just so used to going to the movies, no matter what is given to them. And now, I think that there's an awareness [that] the people that tell stories should be able to hire the people that can truly represent those stories, and vice versa.