“They were never going to pick me”: John Leguizamo on how rejection made him

"I've been rejected my whole life," actor John Leguizamo told me. Episodes of "The Green Veil" are available on a new, free streaming platform called The Network, which was created by Leguizamo's longtime friend and collaborator on the project, Aram Rappaport. And that was OK with me because I've been rejected my whole life, so it's fine.” Watch my "Salon Talks,” episode with John Leguizamo here on YouTube or read a Q&A of our conversation below to hear more about his role in "The Green Veil," guest hosting "The Daily Show" and why he calls the current state of America "terrifying." Well, the filmmaker, Aram Rappaport, who's an incredible, brilliant man, was doing some research and found out that in the 1950s, the U.S, government was coming up with excuses and going into Native American people's homes and taking their children from them, putting them up for adoption so they couldn't inherit the land. So it doesn't feel like it's fresh because we've been in it for so long trying to save our country.