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" I loved WWF as a kid. "
Michael Pena
Loved
WWF
Kid
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Doing
" One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.' "
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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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" It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me. "
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Me
" 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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Thought
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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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Everyone
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" I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in the ghetto - to get me to there. A lot of it had to do with 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Dead Poet's Society.' It does help you. It inspires you. It definitely did for me. "
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Me
School
Mom
" 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. "
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Inspire
Know
Living
" 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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Good
You
Writing
" Every script always goes through rewrites so that everyone loves it. "
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Everyone
Always
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" The only time that I really go on Twitter is to promote, because what sucks is there's some weird trolling going around. Even if you are well-intentioned, there's some mean people behind a keyboard. "
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Behind
You
Weird
" 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. "
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You
Better
Think
" The reason I love Lollapalooza is because it's a great music festival. "
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Because
Reason
Music
" I saw Gosling just kill it in 'Blue Valentine.' I thought he was just amazing at that, and I wouldn't mind maybe doing something like that. "
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Amazing
Doing
He
" I usually joke around, especially on set. "
Michael Pena
Around
Set
Joke
" I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you. "
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Something
You
Movie
" A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys. "
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Bad Guys
Go
Get
" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "
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Movies
You
Dead
" 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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Bring
Game
Work
" I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood. "
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Hollywood
Think
Writing
" A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it. "
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Always
Good
Got
" You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can. "
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See
You
Keep
" My brother and my father both got laid off around the same that I was starting to do this movie 'Chavez.' And at the same time, it was when all the bailouts were happening. "
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Brother
Father
Same
" Sometimes it's good to be naive. "
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Sometimes
Good
Naive
" 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. "
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Kid
Son
Remember
" 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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Best
Imagination
Me
" 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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Work
Real
Own
" I used to live off of nothing. "
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Off
Used
Live
" I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out. "
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Until
Ghetto
Lived
" 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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