Randy Vasquez: (On landing his role on JAG) When the fall '99 TV schedule came out, there were no minority characters. Donald Bellisario responded by creating this character, and I was fortunate enough to get the part.
Randy Vasquez: In the 80s when I studied theater, I played Irish guys and Jewish guys. I played everybody, and I loved it. But whenever auditions came up, it would be for gang members, valets and drug dealers. It was such a conflict in my mind. But it's important to develop a relationship with the camera, and I took that stuff for experience.
Randy Vasquez: If you put on a cowboy hat, six-guns and boots, you can't help but feel like a cowboy. The Marine uniform makes you stand up straighter and act tougher.