Michael Pena

I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out.

— Michael Pena

I never wanted to be in a gang. I didn't want to follow anybody's orders.

— Michael Pena

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

— Michael Pena

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

— Michael Pena

Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal.

— Michael Pena

I am not afraid to play Latin roles - that was a big part of my life.

— Michael Pena

What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others.

— Michael Pena

A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys.

— Michael Pena

You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the…

— Michael Pena

'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark.

— Michael Pena

There's something about coming up with something out of nothing. I work with somebody else's creation already, and I just try to…

— Michael Pena

I remember seeing 'Dead Poet's Society,' and it made it appealing in a way that I actually went to prep school.

— Michael Pena

The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that.

— Michael Pena

I'm an American, and I live pretty well. But go down to Mexico, and a lot of people really don't. So what,…

— Michael Pena

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…

— Michael Pena

I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian…

— Michael Pena

I used to love those movies, back in the day, like 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Rosemary's Baby' and…

— Michael Pena

I've tested for I-don't-know-how-many pilots, and I didn't get any of them. I would always try to go off the top and…

— Michael Pena

I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me…

— Michael Pena

I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and…

— Michael Pena

'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,…

— Michael Pena

I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of…

— Michael Pena

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You…

— Michael Pena

I think about where I grew up and how I grew up: my dad was making $25,000 a year. Taking a chance…

— Michael Pena

Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional.

— Michael Pena

A lot of Americans don't really leave the country.

— Michael Pena

Some horror movies are just for shock value, so it doesn't really feel scary.

— Michael Pena

One of my favorite movies is 'Broadway Danny Rose.'

— Michael Pena

Some of the best bad guys in movies are funny and charming.

— Michael Pena

I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.'

— Michael Pena

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

— Michael Pena

I just wanted to be a part of something that's a horror movie that scares you.

— Michael Pena

I love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

— Michael Pena

It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me.

— Michael Pena

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those…

— Michael Pena

I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week.

— Michael Pena

I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere.

— Michael Pena

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded…

— Michael Pena

There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration.

— Michael Pena

Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what me and my…

— Michael Pena