I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work.
Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.
Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
Emilio stars in the hit movie "The Breakfast Club" and his character is known as "The Jock".
Emilio is in the film "Bobby" which is in post-production.
Emilio was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37.
As teens, Emilio and future stars Rob Lowe, Chad Lowe, Chris Penn, and Sean Penn were close friends. They used to act, write, produce, and direct movies on a home video camera.
Emilio served as best man at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers.
Emilio is the uncle of Sam Sheen.
Emilio: The most significant thing my father has taught me is that my job is no more or less important than someone else's. When I realize there are a billion people in China who don't know I exist, any flightiness is swept away.
Emilio: What's the level of compromise for making that kind of money? How far do I have to sell my soul? What's the price of that? And I don't know if I want to make those kind of compromises any more. I think I'm a different person. I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work.
Emilio: I spent a lot of my life traveling and I knew that's where I got most of my education, not in school.
Emilio's trademark is his unique laugh.
Emilio is a former Brat-Packer.
Emilio is the oldest child in his family.
In 1984, Emilio's wife, Carey Salley, gave birth to their first child, a boy, Taylor Levi Estevez. Then in 1986 she gave birth to their daughter, Paloma Estevez.