Michael Pena

Actor

107 Quotes

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

I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree.

Regardless of whatever job you do, you want to see the importance of it or how it can be important. I think by inspiring the people that I come from - if I inspire anyone - would be worth it.

I'll do anything to make my kid laugh.

All the guys at Marvel are really passionate, and they love entertaining folks, and they really think about the story, and there's a lot of thought that goes into that.

I don't know why - I have a ton of books: five full cabinets of them.

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

It feels good, pouring your heart out over something, and then all of a sudden people are getting inspired.

We all want approval.

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

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

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

I don't know about you, but for me, if I got to present any kind of award, I'm shaking in my pants.

I didn't know too much about 'Ant-Man.'

I remember I used to think my dad was really cool working at a factory. He used to make buttons. I used to brag, 'This button here, My dad made it.' There was this sense of pride. It's knowing your dad is doing something cool.

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

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

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.

'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.

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

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