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

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

" 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 used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of the year and act for about two months. I would make what I needed from acting and would stretch it out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My first ten years in Hollywood were really tough. I'd be coaching friends who came to me for acting advice, and then they'd make it before I did. I'd still be helping them while they were on movie sets and I had four lines on a TV show. "

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

" My understanding, when I think of immigration, is like... you know, this country was built on immigrants: the German, the Polish, the Italian, the Jewish, the Russians, the Eastern Europeans. So, all these people came in, and I don't know who decided like, 'No, that's it! There's a cap on it! No more people.' "

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

" 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.' "

" When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" I was a quiet kid - I didn't think I needed to be the funniest guy. I was always more of a listener. I went to 12 different schools, and I wasn't the charismatic dude, but I was captain of the track team and wrestling team. "

" I'm into looking at things from the other point of view. And if you look at who votes in the Oscars, mostly older Jewish guys, they're going to vote for stuff they relate to. Do they relate to NWA? I doubt it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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