Michael Pena Quotes

#1. I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.

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#2. I love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

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#3. I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.

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

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

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#6. I think that when you're doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there's a certain ... like you can reject it, and it's okay. It's not promoting it or making it seem cool. I think that's when you get into hot water.

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#7. 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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#8. I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much drama as you can, so it balances out; you don't wanna be too serious.

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#9. What happened happened. What's gonna happen, is gonna happen.

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#10. I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is.

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#11. I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

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#12. 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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#13. Eddie Murphy is just so off-the-cuff and can make anything funny. You hope that someday you'll acquire that skill, but maybe you're born with that.

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#14. I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me.

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

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#16. You can have a kid and just be off at work all the time, and it's all mom. But, I spent a lot of time with him, so now, every time I see him, he's like, "Dada!"

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#17. 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.

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#18. I lived in Chicago, in a shady part of town, and the cops would always stop me since I'm Mexican and I look like the other dudes. Style played a part in it. You're not really going to dress in a suit in a tie.

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#19. The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

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

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