"I like going to La Bombonera. It's been around for a hundred
years, maybe longer. For breakfast, it's
really packed. A lot of locals. You can
get anything, but I like the mallorcas, which are bread and cheese
with sugar on top. It's a type of doughnut that's terrific. You'll
get fat quickly, but it's good. Anyone who goes to
San Juan should
try one of those."
Excursion
"The island of Culebra
is really great. It's untouched, undeveloped. I went scuba diving
there, and it was beautiful. The beaches are quiet and there's
fluorescent water. It comes from microbes in the water, which, if
you stir, light up like fireflies. You have to go when there's no
moon. It's about an hour ride on a ferry. Vieques is beautiful,
too. It's more isolated. There's also Mona, which is sort of like
the Galapágos Islands. There are species of animals that are only
from that place. There's an iguana from Mona and you can only find
it on that tiny, deserted island, where you go to swim and see the
animals. They have ferries going there. It's a trip, but it's
pretty impressive."
ONE SPECIAL DAY
I never really acted in
Puerto Rico. I did all my acting on the
street. I just had a kitsch, you know. 'I'll jump from the bridge.
Gimme a dollar. I'll jump from here.' I know there's someone who
has a picture of me jumping from the bridge, which is called The
Bridge of Two Brothers, that connects Old San Juan to Condado.
People jump from that bridge into the ocean. Kids still do it, and
I always stop and watch them jump. I was probably 11, 12 back then.
There would be tourists there, and I'd be going, 'Here I go! Watch
me!' I was just playing the clown. I'd do it for the tourists, and
I'd do it for me, just to get those butterflies in my stomach. You
could do it maybe 20, 30 times a day. People would take pictures
and say, 'Jump again!' Subconsciously, my desire to become an actor
began in Puerto Rico.