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When I was growing up there were not really many Mexican actors or actors of Mexican descent that I could look up to. Many of the actors that I had been told were Mexican or Chicano throughout my life, are not either, and are instead one of many combinations of differing nationalities. The actors that I have come to learn about are Raquel Welsh (Jo Raquel Tejada), Rita Moreno (Rosita Dolores Alverio), Rita Hayworth (Margarita Carmen Cansino), Andy Garcia (Andres Arturo García-Menendez) Jimmy Smits, Penélope Cruz (Penélope Cruz Sánchez), Benicio Del Toro, Antonio Banderas (Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas), Anthony Quinn, Gael García Bernal, Anthony Quinn, and Salma Hayek. The only actor I knew of was Edward James Olmos; he starred in many films I saw growing up. Of the films he has made, the only film which has had a positive influence u