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" I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere. "
Michael Pena
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" There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration. "
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Problem
" 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. "
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Kid
Laugh
Doing
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Learn
Know
Face
" One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar. "
Michael Pena
Parts
Crash
First
" '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
" I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.' "
Michael Pena
Months
Staying
Got
" The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something. "
Michael Pena
Work
Real
Own
" I think about where I grew up and how I grew up: my dad was making $25,000 a year. Taking a chance wasn't really taking a chance. It was like you were going for something better. To me, there wasn't that much risk involved. "
Michael Pena
You
Better
Think
" I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien. "
Michael Pena
Alien
Films
Want
" I'm envious of writers. "
Michael Pena
Envious
Writers
" 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
" I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. "
Michael Pena
Away
Up
Problems
" 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
Tough
" I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me. "
Michael Pena
Me
Good
Who
" 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
" Sometimes it's good to be naive. "
Michael Pena
Sometimes
Good
Naive
" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "
Michael Pena
Movies
You
Dead
" We all want approval. "
Michael Pena
Want
Approval
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Think
Run
Find
" Marvel just does things differently. "
Michael Pena
Things
Marvel
Differently
" Every time I said, 'Man, I'm doing CHiPs,' 100% of the time they would ask, 'Is Erik Estrada going to be in it?' "
Michael Pena
Man
Time
Said
" 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
Wrestling
" It was an event whenever 'CHiPs' would come on in my house. There wasn't a lot of Latin people being hired to star in TV shows or movies back in the day. Not only was it a fun show, there was a Latino starring in it - so we thought it was extra cool. "
Michael Pena
Thought
Day
Fun
" It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny. "
Michael Pena
Because
Interesting
Watch
" Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary. "
Michael Pena
Feel
Horror
Just
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Job
Honest
Good
" I remember seeing 'Dead Poet's Society,' and it made it appealing in a way that I actually went to prep school. "
Michael Pena
Remember
Dead
Society
" 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. "
Michael Pena
Try
Acting
Always
" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "
Michael Pena
Laugh
Kid
Make
" 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