Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan and Edward James Olmos Walk the Red Carpet at the ALMA Awards
The ALMA Awards were held last night at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Latinos from all parts of the entertainment industry attended the event. Stars Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan, Edward James Olmos and James Pena responded to questions about today's slow economy and whether they had ever struggled financially.
Eva, who co-hosted the evening, says she's been unemployed many times
in her life. Gloria says she remembers the 70s
and having to wait in line for gas.
But it was Edward James Olmos who had the most moving answer.
Edward says he's never been without
work. But he has been without money, saying
"And without money, it's very
difficult to survive. You can't
eat, there's no place to stay a
and you have to ask for help." He says having no money is very
hard on the self-worth and self-respect
of a human being.
Michael Pena said he grew up in
a family where his father was forced
to retire when he didn't want to and
he himself always worked two jobs to make
ends meet. Take a look:
