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" There are certain people you don't have to worry about on set. "
Michael Pena
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" I never wanted to be in a gang. I didn't want to follow anybody's orders. "
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" I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of the year and act for about two months. I would make what I needed from acting and would stretch it out. "
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" It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm living in Hollywood, and I'm making movies, but it goes beyond me. If my family is not doing very well, or even OK, you want them to be better. "
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" I saw Gosling just kill it in 'Blue Valentine.' I thought he was just amazing at that, and I wouldn't mind maybe doing something like that. "
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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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" 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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Living
" I'll do anything to make my kid laugh. "
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Kid
Make
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Brand
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" You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game. "
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Bring
Game
Work
" I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little. "
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Myself
Individual
Little
" Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional. "
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Being Human
Play
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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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" I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out. "
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Until
Ghetto
Lived
" '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. "
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Like
Me
Crew
" I want to become more successful. "
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Successful
Want
More
" I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you. "
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Something
You
Movie
" Sometimes it's good to be naive. "
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Sometimes
Good
Naive
" I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. "
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Away
Up
Problems
" I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.' "
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Movie
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