Michael Pena Quotes

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

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

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#3. We are so trained into believing the worst, into thinking some people are beyond hope. What if it's our lack of belief that makes people hopeless? What if we can change the world just by hoping for the best instead of settling for the worst?

Marilyn Grey

#4. If a woman is successful, she'd better duck, because they'll be out to get her.

Leona Helmsley

#5. 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.

Michael Pena

#6. 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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#7. 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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#8. 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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#9. I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do.

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

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#11. 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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#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. I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's about yourself, or whether it's about something else. It's my worldview; it doesn't mean that everybody has to agree with it.

Denis Leary

#14. The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

#15. My strongest hope is for a cameo as a band playing in a club visited by the detectives on 'Law & Order: SVU' during the course of an investigation, maybe during sound check, or something, so they can force us to stop playing while they question the sound guy.

John Darnielle

#16. 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.

Michael Pena

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

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#18. 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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#19. I would love to give it a try with you.

S. Wolf

#20. 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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#21. For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

Madeleine Albright

#22. 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.

Michael Pena

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

Michael Pena

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

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#25. 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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#26. I loved a girl once,' said he. 'Vorshula was her name. She has been lying in the graveyard of Seidewinkel six months now ...

Otfried Preussler

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

Michael Pena

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

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