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" A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it. "
Michael Pena
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" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "
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" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "
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" What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others. "
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" I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me. "
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" I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere. "
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" I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little. "
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" I remember I used to think my dad was really cool working at a factory. He used to make buttons. I used to brag, 'This button here, My dad made it.' There was this sense of pride. It's knowing your dad is doing something cool. "
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" When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams. "
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" I didn't know too much about 'Ant-Man.' "
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" I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. "
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" There's something about coming up with something out of nothing. I work with somebody else's creation already, and I just try to make it better. "
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" When I watch movies with my kid like 'Shrek,' I'm like, 'Wow, this is pretty funny.' That's why I wanted to start doing movies like that - so my kid would laugh at my jokes. "
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" 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. "
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" One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.' "
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" 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. "
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" 'Tower Heist?' That is a movie that it's hard not to name-drop, but, it's a crew of five, and it's Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, me, Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck. And we're like, on a heist. "
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" It feels good, pouring your heart out over something, and then all of a sudden people are getting inspired. "
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" When I started wrestling, I sucked. I hated losing, so I started doing pushups and more squats, and then I did summer wrestling and learned different styles. "
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" You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game. "
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" Marvel just does things differently. "
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" I'm an American, and I live pretty well. But go down to Mexico, and a lot of people really don't. So what, we're going to blame them for trying to get out? "
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" I used to love those movies, back in the day, like 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Shining.' I really liked those kind of movies, and I wanted to be a part of one of those kinds of movies. "
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" 'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark. "
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" Every time I said, 'Man, I'm doing CHiPs,' 100% of the time they would ask, 'Is Erik Estrada going to be in it?' "
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" 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. "
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" I'm living in Hollywood, and I'm making movies, but it goes beyond me. If my family is not doing very well, or even OK, you want them to be better. "
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" I loved WWF as a kid. "
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" I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do. "
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" Seth Rogen told me to read 'Preacher,' and 'Preacher' was amazing. "
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