![]() It has since become a long-runner with countless books to its name. While he has played many diverse characters throughout his career - he even played former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - he still tries to avoid being typecast. The Clifford picture book series, published by Scholastic, started the whole franchise, with its first release being in 1963. He was the first Latino member on the comedy sketch variety show. ![]() Sanz joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1998. Paul Rodriguez at the "Roosevelt Comedy Live Drive-In Show" in Los Angeles on April 9. There weren’t that many Chilean families in Chicago, so I morphed in between,” he said. “I was born in Santiago but grew up in Chicago with Puerto Rican and Mexican kids. Sanz similarly struggled with his Latino identity. He basically grew up without me speaking Spanish to him.” “I took classes and try to speak without an accent. And he speaks chopped up Spanish,” he said. He’s pretty well known, a skateboarder of some fame. ![]() “I don’t think I did a very good job with my son. ![]() Now, Rodriguez looks at "Clifford" as an example of a story that can make viewers feel proud of their diversity and heritage. But as his standup comedy and acting career took off, he said he feels that he moved away from his Latino roots. Rodriguez - born in Sinaloa, Mexico, and raised in Compton, California - lived in a cradle of diversity. ![]()
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