Trejo Quotes

#1. Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.

Luke Goss

#2. I have always loved the history of Los Angeles and Twilight in the City of Angels nails it.
--Danny Trejo, actor

Chris Ahrens

#3. There is no easy or quick plan to happiness, there is no single spot where you can start. Where you are right now is the best place to begin.

Mark Twain

#4. We all have that chance to change the future.

Erin Trejo

#5. I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity.

Danny Trejo

#6. When people come at me they can't win, they think they can, but they can't. I'll just walk away.

Danny Trejo

#7. That is when time stands still - when you watch the one you love, walk away.

Mallika Nawal

#8. I had a crush Florence Henderson when I was younger, i would love to meet Marcia but I would prefer mom.

Danny Trejo

#9. There is no significance of God in my life, God is my life. I would not be, without God. I am supposed to be dead.

Danny Trejo

#10. I think I'm a workaholic, but I'm a workaholic that is loving his work.

Danny Trejo

#11. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. Don't be attached to the future. Don't worry about things you have to do. Don't think about getting up or taking off to do anything. Don't think about departing.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#12. Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head.

John Strachan

#13. In order to make a great, epic movie, you have to have the four Bs - babes, bullets, blood and blades.

Danny Trejo

#14. Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt.

Danny Trejo

#15. Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

Danny Trejo

#16. And, like most people, you're too scared, stubborn or stupid to give yourself what you need until you're shaken awake by something.

Menna Van Praag

#17. I'd always rather be working - and you know what? My kids would rather me be working. If I stay at home, I'll only buy another car or spend their money.

Danny Trejo

#18. The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

Danny Trejo

#19. When people clap for me I say, don't clap for me, clap for what God has done.

Danny Trejo

#20. Hollywood wants guys who can act tough - Hollywood don't want tough guys.

Danny Trejo

#21. The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.

Chris Pine

#22. Acting is just a job. I'm exactly the same as that lady bringing us coffee, and I have to remember that.

Danny Trejo

#23. An enlightened society is one where all people - the rich and the poor, the literate and the illiterate, the black and the white, men and women - live happily as children of the same Lord. Thus experiencing the brotherhood of men under the fatherhood of God.

Pandurang Shastri Athavale

#24. The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is to be saved from it.

Colson Whitehead

#25. I love old, vintage cars. I've got a 1936 Dodge Touring Sedan right now and there's only five of them registered in the world, and I absolutely love working on it. It's gorgeous.

Danny Trejo

#26. If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.

Danny Trejo

#27. I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any conflict with any directors because I know they're the boss.

Danny Trejo

#28. TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers for a long time. When I started out as a writer and producer in television, I never had the slightest expectation that fame would be part of the job.

Carlton Cuse

#29. I would have been content with still playing Inmate #1. I worked on every prison movie made, from 1985 to 1991. I would go from movie to movie to movie.

Danny Trejo

#30. The Only Things That Were Available To Me Were Either Be A Laborer Or Be A Drug Dealer. So I Became An Armed Robber. It Was A Lot Simpler.

Danny Trejo

#31. I didn't make a deal with God, because you can't make a deal with God. He put me here to talk to kids and to talk to drunks and help addicts. He gave me this "job" which makes it a lot easier to get through to people.

Danny Trejo

#32. I acted all the way up until Princeton. It was just one of my favorite extracurricular activities. Then I got to Princeton and had a really conservative vibe. All my friends were planning on law school, med school, or Wall Street, and suddenly acting seem like a really risky proposition.

Wentworth Miller

#33. I love to work, so give me what you've got. I'll play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work.

Danny Trejo

#34. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.

Reinhold Niebuhr

#35. I shall not dwell in the past ...
I shall not dread the present ...
I shall not fear the Future ...
For as Long as I live ...
I shall only think of success.

Oscar Trejo Jr.

#36. I never imagined that I'd be out of prison.

Danny Trejo

#37. I love action films. I don't really like drama.

Danny Trejo

#38. What, then, is good preaching? Let me pull all these ideas together into a single description. It is "proclaim[ing]. . . . the testimony of God" (1 Corinthians 2:1) - preaching biblically, engaging with the authoritative text. This means preaching the Word and not your opinion.

Timothy Keller

#39. I thought I'd have time to become a movie star. And it didn't happen, did it? We're still waiting. And they're saying, 'Don't hold your breath, kid.' Even movie stars can't get movies, you know what I mean?

Veronica Hamel