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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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" 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

" The reason I love Lollapalooza is because it's a great music festival. "

" 'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar. "

" I loved WWF as a kid. "

" I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't know too much about 'Ant-Man.' "

" Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal. "

" A lot of Americans don't really leave the country. "

" 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. "

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

Michael Pena

Away

Problems

" I'm an American, and I live pretty well. But go down to Mexico, and a lot of people really don't. So what, we're going to blame them for trying to get out? "

" 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. "

" It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny. "

" There are certain people you don't have to worry about on set. "

" I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood. "

" 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

Doing

Wrestling

" I never wanted to be in a gang. I didn't want to follow anybody's orders. "

" I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them. "

" 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. "

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

" '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

Crew

" Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional. "

" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "