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I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.'

When I was young, I flirted with the idea of a career in journalism on one hand and politics on the other.

I do love Christmas, although my wife puts me to shame. She is a huge Christmas fan, so we do love us some Christmas in our house.

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact, my mother's been married twice, and both men were Uruguayan. So I grew up in a very European/Latin American-influenced home.