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" What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others. "
Michael Pena
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" 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. "
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" When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.' "
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" I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere. "
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" I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in the ghetto - to get me to there. A lot of it had to do with 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Dead Poet's Society.' It does help you. It inspires you. It definitely did for me. "
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" I don't know about you, but for me, if I got to present any kind of award, I'm shaking in my pants. "
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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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" Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary. "
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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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" Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional. "
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" Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it. "
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" I remember seeing 'Dead Poet's Society,' and it made it appealing in a way that I actually went to prep school. "
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" '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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" I remember my seventh-grade chemistry teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I thought, 'Hmm. OK.' That gave me motivation to prove her wrong. "
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" 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. "
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" A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys. "
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" I'm into looking at things from the other point of view. And if you look at who votes in the Oscars, mostly older Jewish guys, they're going to vote for stuff they relate to. Do they relate to NWA? I doubt 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. "
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