125 Quotes by 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 know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

In the beginning, I was always playing some kind of gangbanger and the token Mexican dude who didn't have a lot of lines but was in the entire movie. At the same time, everyone gets typecast, and I decided that if I was going to play a stereotypical role, I was going to play it like a three-dimensional character.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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