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" Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it. "

" A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it. "

" A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don't want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys. "

" All the guys at Marvel are really passionate, and they love entertaining folks, and they really think about the story, and there's a lot of thought that goes into that. "

" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "

" As a kid growing up in Chicago, I've been shot at before. I remember I very calmly went down on the ground. Afterwards, you're like, 'Omigod.' You just don't have time to think. "

" A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys. "

" Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama. "

" 'End of Watch' was 98-percent written, and I work really hard to make it look like it's the first time I'm saying it. "

" Every script always goes through rewrites so that everyone loves it. "

" Every time I said, 'Man, I'm doing CHiPs,' 100% of the time they would ask, 'Is Erik Estrada going to be in it?' "

" For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it. "

" I am not afraid to play Latin roles - that was a big part of my life. "

" I came to L.A. when I was 19, and my two roommates were blue-eyed, blond dudes. I helped coach them, and they both landed pilots. "

" I didn't know too much about 'Ant-Man.' "

" I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out. "

" I'd love to work with Woody Allen. "

" I don't know about you, but for me, if I got to present any kind of award, I'm shaking in my pants. "

" I don't know if I'm necessarily a role model, but hopefully I can inspire any artist - Latin or otherwise - to do this thing for a living. "

" I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them. "

" I don't think people are experiencing superhero fatigue. Do you hear people complaining that there are too many action movies? I think it's good entertainment. "

" I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it. "

" I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing. "

" I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. "

" I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked. "

" I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi. "

" I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me. "

" I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you. "

" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "

" I'll read, like, ten scripts, and then sometimes if I'm lucky, there will be two or three scripts that I like, and sometimes they'll all be dramas, or they'll all be comedies, or there will be two dramas and a comedy, and then I'll go for whatever. If I have to audition, I'll audition. If it's an offer, great. "

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