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" I've been an actor for 20 years, and I think the first 14 years, it was all struggling. At first, it was all gangsters. "

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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%. "

" The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't know about you, but for me, if I got to present any kind of award, I'm shaking in my pants. "

" 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. "

" I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run. "

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

" '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. "

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

" I'll read, like, ten scripts, and then sometimes if I'm lucky, there will be two or three scripts that I like, and sometimes they'll all be dramas, or they'll all be comedies, or there will be two dramas and a comedy, and then I'll go for whatever. If I have to audition, I'll audition. If it's an offer, great. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes it's good to be naive. "

" 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 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. "

" Every time I said, 'Man, I'm doing CHiPs,' 100% of the time they would ask, 'Is Erik Estrada going to be in it?' "

" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game. "

" For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it. "

" I used to live off of nothing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama. "