- wait, well, first, let me go way back. i'm gonna go way back, okay? - yeah. please do. - my parents came here... - i love origin stories. - in 1962, 15 years old, both of them, with... have you heard of it? - yes, of course. yeah, yeah, yeah. - most people don't know the history of pedro pan. so during 1960 to 1962, 14,000-plus cuban children came to miami... - right, right. - and they were gonna be held until america got castro out of power. - yeah. - that didn't work out. now it's too many people in miami. - got you, got you, got you. - so we ended up in portland, oregon. - and then you get to hollywouldn't... and what happens? - well, first, i went to england and i went to graduate school, and i studied playwriting and performance. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - so i came back like, "let's do this, hollywood." but they were really not buying what i was selling at all. - and they want you to be what? - maid. maybe a prostitute. - how do you get out of that? how do you have the strength and the wherewithal to get out of that trap? - 'cause i don't have a choice. there's no choice. i will succeed. - but they're not giving you that chance. - so then it's hustle. the hustle is so real.