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" I am not afraid to play Latin roles - that was a big part of my life. "
Michael Pena
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" There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to hurt for a little bit. It brings out the animal in you to an extent. You learn what you can take. "
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" I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian by any stretch of the imagination. "
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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 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. "
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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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" When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.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 never wanted to be in a gang. I didn't want to follow anybody's orders. "
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" The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something. "
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" There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration. "
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" When I did 'Crash,' to be honest with you, it was just another acting job. I just wanted to do as good as I possibly could. "
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" I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood. "
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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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" When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.' "
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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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" 'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work. "
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Man
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" I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week. "
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" For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it. "
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" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "
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Lot
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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. "
Michael Pena
Kid
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" 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. "
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Action
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" You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies. "
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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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Over
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" I want to become more successful. "
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" It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me. "
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" The reason I love Lollapalooza is because it's a great music festival. "
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" A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys. "
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" I remember my seventh-grade chemistry teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I thought, 'Hmm. OK.' That gave me motivation to prove her wrong. "
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" I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien. "
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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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" I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run. "
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