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Jay Hernandez
American
Actor
About the author
I'd heard about Texas football and how much of a religion it is, but to go to Odessa and experience it first-hand is something different than just hearing about it.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#First
#Experience
#Religion
#Hearing
#Football
I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Play
#Pretty
#Basketball
It's always challenging to go into a role.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
No, I was going to college and got discovered.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#College
No, I've never played baseball in my life.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Life
#Baseball
Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Want
#Reading
There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Trying
#Projects
I would say being in that institution - that psyche ward, or whatever it was. That was really creepy because it was a real place from like the early 1900s.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Being
We're not in high school anymore and we've had a little more life experiences to help us better understand what were going through in terms of stardom and recognition.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Life
#Help
#School
I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Play
For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Feeling
#Pressure
But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Film
#Connection
Best thing that's happened this year? Maybe Hostel. It was a great experience. I loved it.
Jay Hernandez,
American
Actor
#Experience