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John Leguizamois committed to giving back.
During an appearance onGMA3: What You Need to Knowlast week to promote his new Prime Video seriesThe Power, the 62-year-old actor revealed that he carries around$100 bills to tipwaiters and valets.
“I gotta tip folks. … This ain’t the ’70s,” Leguizamo joked. “You can’t tip with $20 bills. People gonna throw that back at you.”
“You gotta give back,” he added. “If people are giving you their best service and you don’t tip ‘em? Come on. Who are you? I’m not a cheapskate.”
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The actor is also known for his roles in films likeSuper Mario Bros.(1993),To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar(1995),Romeo + Juliet(1996) and, more recently, 2022’sThe MenuandViolent Night.
InLeguizamo Does America, theEmmywinner “travels across the country to bring viewers inside America’s thriving Latino communities – all with his characteristic edge, energy and wit,” according to an official synopsis.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE surrounding the show, Leguizamo spoke about his ongoing passion for helping amplify Latinx voices and reflected on his own career trajectory, from moving to the U.S. from Colombia as a young child to growing up in a “rough” and “underprivileged” neighborhood in Queens, New York, before making it big in Hollywood.
“Itreminds me how far I’ve come,” he said about the “humbl(ing)” experience of visiting his old neighborhood on the show. “And that the American dreamcanwork, sometimes — not always, but a lot of times, it can.”
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“[I saw] murals [of] young kids who get shot, because the money doesn’t get to these neighborhoods — to their schools, to fix their streets,” Leguizamo explained.
“Yet at the same time, you see this thriving community that will not get crushed,” he added.
The first six episodes ofThe Powerarenow streaming on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping every Friday.
Leguizamo Does Americaairs Sundays on MSNBC at 10 p.m. ET, and isnow streaming on Peacock.
source: people.com
