Coco Martin Quotes

The first time I came here to the U.S. to start a career, it was in 2002 or 2003. Since then, it's been so, so hard.

I worked as a janitor in Canada for nine months. It's during that time when I experienced extreme homesickness.

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.

I absolutely love working in Australia. Overseas is a lot tougher - it's really hard to break into campaigns over there.

How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough.

As a young boy in a new country, you had to make new friends, and that was really difficult.

I was a first-generation college student as well as the first in our family to be born in America - my parents were born in Cuba - and we didn't yet know that families were supposed to leave pretty much right after they unloaded your stuff from the car.

I've never actually played an Australian or worked in Australia. I really want to change that. I really want to work here - that would be great.

Being an immigrant mother can be hard, but being a poor immigrant mother is much harder. You don't generally get to sit in cafes polishing your French by reading 'Le Monde.'

When you're from another country, you want to spend time with your family. All your family can't come here. All your friends can't come here. You spend so much time here, you want to go there, too.

Coming to Germany is not easy. People might think it's easy because I'm doing so well, but it's not at all.

I've had tough times before. Leaving Brazil when I was so young, saying goodbye to my family and friends to go to another culture, that was so difficult.

My next job after Wales, whenever that is, will be somewhere abroad.

I certainly don't miss Italy, as I am happy in Canada and have no intention of returning.

When I came to England, everyone told me that I'd get the hits, so I was prepared for that.

People don't know what it's like being the foreigner until they are one.

I'm from the Philippines and I moved to this country when I was 16.

My favorite movie is 'Coming to America.' It's a great movie! Eddie Murphy. Arsenio Hall. It kind of reflects my life - being from Canada and coming to America. I can kind of relate to it.

I've gotten used to being a foreigner.

I didn't go looking to Colombia for a dream - if I tell you that, I'm lying. I went to Colombia because I needed the work!

For a good part of my childhood, we were super poor and lived in government housing. I don't characterize the American dream as being successful and having a lot of material wealth to show for it. I did fine without it for a really long time.

I see myself as a go-to person for immigrants.

We didn't grow up rich people.