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" 'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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 used to live off of nothing. "

" 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. "

" My understanding, when I think of immigration, is like... you know, this country was built on immigrants: the German, the Polish, the Italian, the Jewish, the Russians, the Eastern Europeans. So, all these people came in, and I don't know who decided like, 'No, that's it! There's a cap on it! No more people.' "

" 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. "

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" It feels good, pouring your heart out over something, and then all of a sudden people are getting inspired. "

" I remember seeing 'Dead Poet's Society,' and it made it appealing in a way that I actually went to prep school. "

" When I was a kid, I lived in a poor part of Chicago, and I remember my brother and me using towels as capes. My son does it, too. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it. "

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

" 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. "

" There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration. "

" '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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree. "

" 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. "

" There are not too many times when a movie's not cynical, you know what I mean? "

" I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you. "