Michael Pena

“I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.”

“Every time I said, 'Man, I'm doing CHiPs,' 100% of the time they would ask, 'Is Erik Estrada going to be in it?'”

“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.”

“Drama is basically what I do, so it's a compliment that people think it's hard for me to get back to drama.”

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

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

“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 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.”

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

“'End of Watch' was 98-percent written, and I work really hard to make it look like it's the first time I'm saying 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.”

“I'll do anything to make my kid laugh.”

“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.”

“I usually joke around, especially on set.”

“For me, when I do my best acting, it's mainly imagination. Then I really have a lot of fun with it.”

“I've been an actor for 20 years, and I think the first 14 years, it was all struggling. At first, it was all gangsters.”

“I saw Gosling just kill it in 'Blue Valentine.' I thought he was just amazing at that, and I wouldn't mind maybe doing something like that.”

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

“I used to live off of nothing.”

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