Jay Hernandez

It’s always challenging to go into a role.

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.

No, I’ve never played baseball in my life.

I’m pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

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.

No, I was going to college and got discovered.

Best thing that’s happened this year? Maybe Hostel. It was a great experience. I loved it.

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.

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.

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.

I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing.

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.

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.