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" I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week. "
Michael Pena
Independent
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" I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them. "
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" 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. "
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" I've tested for I-don't-know-how-many pilots, and I didn't get any of them. I would always try to go off the top and make it as spontaneous as possible, but acting in sitcoms is such a skill set, and I didn't have it. I wish I did back when I was younger. "
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" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "
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" 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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" I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.' "
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" 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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" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "
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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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" A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys. "
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" I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do. "
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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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" 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 loved WWF as a kid. "
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" Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal. "
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" I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree. "
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" 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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" I'm super grateful, and whenever somebody offers me something, and I'm doing it, I always try to give 110%. "
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" Some of the best bad guys in movies are funny and charming. "
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" I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them. "
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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 want to become more successful. "
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" Marvel just does things differently. "
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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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" There are certain people you don't have to worry about on set. "
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" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "
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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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