Quotes from Michael Pena

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

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.

Marvel just does things differently.

When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.'

You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies.

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 make it as spontaneous as possible, but acting in sitcoms is such a skill set, and I didn't have it. I wish I did back when I was younger.

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.

Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what me and my brothers watched when we were kids.

I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away.

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

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.

The reason I love Lollapalooza is because it's a great music festival.

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it. Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he wasn't the best shooter, even though he had the skill, and he had to work and work at it.

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

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

When I did 'Crash,' to be honest with you, it was just another acting job. I just wanted to do as good as I possibly could.

There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised like regular people.

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

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

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

'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.

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