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" I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien. "
Michael Pena
Alien
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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. "
Michael Pena
Cool
Think
Doing
" The reason I love Lollapalooza is because it's a great music festival. "
Michael Pena
Because
Reason
Music
" 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
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" 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. "
Michael Pena
Friends
Coaching
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" It feels good, pouring your heart out over something, and then all of a sudden people are getting inspired. "
Michael Pena
Over
Heart
Good
" 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. "
Michael Pena
More
Doing
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" The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that. "
Michael Pena
You
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Everyone
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Coach
Two
Pilots
" I'm envious of writers. "
Michael Pena
Envious
Writers
" 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
Laugh
Doing
" I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it. "
Michael Pena
Work Hard
Best
Great
" 'End of Watch' was 98-percent written, and I work really hard to make it look like it's the first time I'm saying it. "
Michael Pena
End
Time
Saying
" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "
Michael Pena
Lot
Really
Country
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Me
Name
People
" I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little. "
Michael Pena
Myself
Individual
Little
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Me
Thought
Teacher
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Action
Good
You
" For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it. "
Michael Pena
Best
Imagination
Me
" '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. "
Michael Pena
Like
Me
Crew
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Weird
You
Animal
" 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. "
Michael Pena
End
King
Me
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Play
Coach
Down
" There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration. "
Michael Pena
People
Money
Problem
" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "
Michael Pena
Laugh
Kid
Make
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Movies
Baby
Friday
" I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing. "
Michael Pena
Laugh
Character
You
" Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama. "
Michael Pena
Compliment
Drama
Me
" I am not afraid to play Latin roles - that was a big part of my life. "
Michael Pena
Afraid
My Life
Play
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Brother
Father
Same
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Love
Passionate
Thought