Actor John Leguizamo said he’s become disillusioned with the stereotypical handymen and gang member roles Hollywood offered to Latino actors.

“We have to tell the whole plethora of our stories,” Leguizamo said Friday during the 23rd annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention. “We have the whole spectrum … in our culture.”

In the upcoming movie “Cronicas,” Leguizamo stars as a tabloid TV reporter covering a string of serial killings in Ecuador. The film, written and directed by Sebastian Cordero, hits theaters July 8.

Raised in the United States, the Colombian-born Leguizamo said he had to prepare for his first Spanish dialogue role.

“My grammar and my vocabulary is third grade when I’m supposed to be college educated,” Leguizamo said. “I watched a lot of Univision and Telemundo.” source