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" You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can. "
Michael Pena
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" 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. "
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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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" '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 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Paul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor. "
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" You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.' "
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" 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. "
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" One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.' "
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" Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what me and my brothers watched when we were kids. "
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" What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others. "
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" 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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" It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me. "
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" 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. "
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