John Leguizamo revealed that an early role disappointed him because it perpetuated “negative Latino images.”

The 65-year-old recently appeared on an episode of the Fly on the Wall podcast with Dana Carvey and David Spade. During the conversation, he reflected on his supporting role in The Graduate director Mike Nichols’ 1991 film Regarding Henry.

Leguizamo played a convenience store robber in the movie about a lawyer, played by Harrison Ford, who loses his memory after being shot and works to recover his speech and mobility.

“You know, I was kind of humiliated by it,” Leguizamo told SNL alums Spade and Carvey about the part. “I did it because I got no jobs. There were no jobs for Latin folk. There just weren’t.”

Leguizamo stated that as a Latino actor in the ’90s, “there were no opport

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