I'm envious of writers.

The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that.

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

I'm into looking at things from the other point of view. And if you look at who votes in the Oscars, mostly older Jewish guys, they're going to vote for stuff they relate to. Do they relate to NWA? I doubt it.

I usually joke around, especially on set.

Every script always goes through rewrites so that everyone loves it.

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

I remember my seventh-grade chemistry teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I thought, 'Hmm. OK.' That gave me motivation to prove her wrong.

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'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.

My understanding, when I think of immigration, is like... you know, this country was built on immigrants: the German, the Polish, the Italian, the Jewish, the Russians, the Eastern Europeans. So, all these people came in, and I don't know who decided like, 'No, that's it! There's a cap on it! No more people.'

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys.

Paul Rudd has a very specific brand of humor.

I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run.

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

I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of the year and act for about two months. I would make what I needed from acting and would stretch it out.

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

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

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

Kicks to the legs, they're not very cool. They're brutal.

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

Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it.

I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little.

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

Marvel just does things differently.

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

A lot of Americans don't really leave the country.

You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game.

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

As a kid growing up in Chicago, I've been shot at before. I remember I very calmly went down on the ground. Afterwards, you're like, 'Omigod.' You just don't have time to think.

I'll do anything to make my kid laugh.

We all want approval.

I think about where I grew up and how I grew up: my dad was making $25,000 a year. Taking a chance wasn't really taking a chance. It was like you were going for something better. To me, there wasn't that much risk involved.

I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.'

You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can.

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

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.

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.

There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to hurt for a little bit. It brings out the animal in you to an extent. You learn what you can take.

There are certain people you don't have to worry about on set.

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

I'm an American, and I live pretty well. But go down to Mexico, and a lot of people really don't. So what, we're going to blame them for trying to get out?

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

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.

You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.'

I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in the ghetto - to get me to there. A lot of it had to do with 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Dead Poet's Society.' It does help you. It inspires you. It definitely did for me.

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

'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.