Quotes by Michael Pena

Michael Pena

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

Comic

Imagination

Running

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 born with that.

Cuffs

Skills

Someday

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

Grew Up

Reading

Sports

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.

Names

People

Two

I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me.

Agents

Good Man

Managers

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.

Mexican

Style

Ties

I love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

Documentaries

Ends

Watches

I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and it’s okay. It’s not promoting it or making it seem cool. I think that’s when you get into hot water.

Laughing

Thinking

Water

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

Hollywood

Thinking

Writing

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn’t want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn’t know who his dad is.

Dad

Kids

Years

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Quotes by Michael Pena

Michael Pena

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

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 born with that.

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

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.

I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me.

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 love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

I think that when you’re doing a comedy and it makes you laugh, there’s a certain… like you can reject it, and it’s okay. It’s not promoting it or making it seem cool. I think that’s when you get into hot water.

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn’t want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn’t know who his dad is.

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