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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think about where I grew up and how I grew up: my dad was making $25,000 a year. Taking a chance wasn't really taking a chance. It was like you were going for something better. To me, there wasn't that much risk involved. "

" '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. "

" Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal. "

" One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar. "

" 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. "

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

" What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others. "

" 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. "

" You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can. "

" 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. "

" I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere. "

" Seth Rogen told me to read 'Preacher,' and 'Preacher' was amazing. "

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

" When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams. "

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

" 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. "

" There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration. "

" 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. "

" Some of the best bad guys in movies are funny and charming. "

" I usually joke around, especially on set. "

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

" There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised like regular people. "

" I remember seeing 'Dead Poet's Society,' and it made it appealing in a way that I actually went to prep school. "

" Regardless of whatever job you do, you want to see the importance of it or how it can be important. I think by inspiring the people that I come from - if I inspire anyone - would be worth it. "

" I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.' "

" Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional. "

" When I was a kid, I lived in a poor part of Chicago, and I remember my brother and me using towels as capes. My son does it, too. "

" I usually just try to do whatever's on the page because I've done research before - including a lot of analysis - but you end up with conflicting data. To me, the script is king. "