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" I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.' "
Michael Pena
End
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Watch
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" 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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" 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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" One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar. "
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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 didn't know too much about 'Ant-Man.' "
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" 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. "
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" Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama. "
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" Seth Rogen told me to read 'Preacher,' and 'Preacher' was amazing. "
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" A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it. "
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" 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. "
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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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" When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.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 want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien. "
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Want
" 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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" One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.' "
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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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" Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary. "
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Feel
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" 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. "
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Play
Coach
Down
" I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little. "
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" I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere. "
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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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Dark
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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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" I think nerves stop you from doing things. Make you stop and maybe make you withdraw. Then there's excitement where you can't wait to do it. "
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" Some of the best bad guys in movies are funny and charming. "
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" The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that. "
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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 used to live off of nothing. "
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" Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what me and my brothers watched when we were kids. "
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