Emigrating to the United States is an important moment in the lives of many Latinos.

Jorge Ramos, who hosts "Al Punto" on Univision, said that he still remembers the exact date he came to the United States in the early 1980s, so he set out to find out how other celebrities' experiences compared to his.

For William Levy, who came from Cuba, the U.S. was where he needed to be if he ever wanted to be an actor, but his first day was difficult.

"It was the most confusing thing in the world," he said.

Levy was 15 years old, and thought that the cars on the street were a train because there were so many lights.

"The night I left it was like a dream," he said. "There were so many lights. I had never seen so many lights at once in my life."

Levy also got some new food experiences right off the bat.

He went to his uncle's house in Miami, and instead of being interested in his family, he had his eye on apples.

"There was a basket of apples, there were like six apples and I ate like five of them," he said. "While everyone talked, I didn't want to hug anyone, I wanted to eat apples. I had never in my life eaten apples."

For Wilmer Valderrama, who lived in South America as a child, the United States was a dream. He explained that the news that he saw in Latin America was "very, very intense."

"Coming to the United States was like being in Disneyland," he said. "Things are very different here."

He said that the moment he felt the "spirit" and "hope" of the U.S. was when he saw the American flag.

Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez didn't talk about his first day. Instead, he focused on how difficult it has been for people to pronounce his name.

He found that the "eu" sound doesn't really exist in the English language, so people end up saying his names in a lot of different ways.

The comedian joked that he considered changing his name to John Smith.

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