![]() ![]() I owe a great deal to my acting teachers Bill Esper and Maggie Flanigan, who taught me how to really listen and how to use my imagination. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that? None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Looking after yourself physically and mentally, having close bonds with family and friends, and surrounding yourself with a team of people you trust is key. Which tips would you recommend to your colleagues in your industry to help them to thrive and not “burn out”? Can you share three reasons with our readers about why you think it’s important to have diversity represented in film and television? How can that potentially affect our culture?ĭiversity in entertainment is important to me because seeing different cultures and different worlds represented on stage and on screen enriches us, expands our minds and our thinking. We are very interested in diversity in the entertainment industry. One must first be a great fan before one can become a great artist. The one piece of advice I would have for anybody wanting to go into an artistic life is to have a very clear vision of the kind of artist you want to be… identifying for yourself an artist that you admire is a good place to start. Do you have any words of advice for others who may want to embark on this career path, but seem daunted by the prospect of failure? You have been blessed with success in a career path that can be challenging. I’ve also been hard at work in my studio painting for an upcoming exhibit. All three projects and the characters I play are incredibly different. I worked on 3 television projects during the pandemic and they’re all coming out this year- Severance, Promised Land, and White House Plumbers. What are some of the most interesting or exciting projects you are working on now? I had to speak 4 languages in the movie- English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Latin- and I had 2 weeks to prepare it. One of the most interesting things I’ve been asked to do was learn Tagalog for John Sayle’s Amigo, which filmed in The Philippines. ![]() I guess I owe a debt of gratitude to my neighbors, too, who as far as I know never complained.Ĭan you tell us the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career? I asked my mom for a drum kit, and even though we lived in an apartment, she got it for me and encouraged me to play. That, I think, was the beginning of my own creative journey. I wasn’t that interested in acting at the time, but I loved to sit by the drummer in the orchestra and watch him play. She would bring me to rehearsals with her, and I got to be around actors and musicians who were all having a great time together. My mom was a member of a theater company in Miami. My mom was an actress and my grandma worked at a movie theater, so theater and film were a part of my life from an early age.Ĭan you share a story with us about what brought you to this specific career path? Thank you for having me! I grew up with my single mom, my grandma, and my older sister in a Cuban household in Miami Beach, Florida. Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series Yul! Can you tell us the story of how you grew up? Vázquez was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for his role in THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT. Vázquez will next be seen starring in HBO’s WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS, opposite Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux.įeature credits include THE PHENOM opposite Paul Giamatti and Ethan Hawke Tom McCarthy’s THE COBBLER opposite Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi Noah Buschel’s GLASS CHIN opposite Billy Crudup Brad Furman’s RUNNER, RUNNER opposite Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake Paul Greengrass’s CAPTAIN PHILLIPS opposite Tom Hanks Michael Cuesta’s KILL THE MESSENGER opposite Jeremy Renner and Ridley Scott’s AMERICAN GANGSTER. Other recent television credits include HBO’s THE OUTSIDER, opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo, RUSSIAN DOLL opposite Natasha Lyonne, and TNT’s miniseries I AM THE NIGHT. Yul Vázquez was most recently seen in Apple TV’s SEVERANCE, opposite Adam Scott and Christopher Walken, and directed by Ben Stiller. I had the pleasure to interview Yul Vázquez. ![]()
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