Danny Trejo Quotes

Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

In order to make a great, epic movie, you have to have the four Bs - babes, bullets, blood and blades.

When people come at me they can't win, they think they can, but they can't. I'll just walk away.

When people clap for me I say, don't clap for me, clap for what God has done.

The first five years of my career, I was Inmate #1, Bad Guy #1 and Mean Guy #1. I had a great career going, until somebody told me that I was typecast. I said, "Well, what's typecast?" And they said, "Well, you're always playing the mean Chicano dude with tattoos." I thought about that and I said, "Wait a minute! I am the mean Chicano dude with tattoos, so somebody is getting it right."

If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.

The only things that were available to me were either be a laborer or be a drug dealer. So I became an armed robber. It was a lot simpler.

I never imagined that I'd be out of prison.

Acting is just a job. I'm exactly the same as that lady bringing us coffee, and I have to remember that.

There is no significance of God in my life, God is my life. I would not be, without God. I am supposed to be dead.

Anybody over 40 is an older person. You better give them some respect.

I didn't make a deal with God, because you can't make a deal with God. He put me here to talk to kids and to talk to drunks and help addicts. He gave me this "job" which makes it a lot easier to get through to people.

Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt.

Let me tell you something. When I was young, I was an armed robber. I did robberies. And there's no adrenaline rush like that. When you're using drugs and doing robberies, it's hard to distinguish whether you're doing robberies to support your drug habit, or doing drugs to support your robbery habit.

I love old, vintage cars. I've got a 1936 Dodge Touring Sedan right now and there's only five of them registered in the world, and I absolutely love working on it. It's gorgeous.

The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity.

I think I'm a workaholic, but I'm a workaholic that is loving his work.

I love to work, so give me what you've got. I'll play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work.

I love action films. I don't really like drama.

I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any conflict with any directors because I know they're the boss.

I had a crush Florence Henderson when I was younger, i would love to meet Marcia but I would prefer mom.

I would have been content with still playing Inmate #1. I worked on every prison movie made, from 1985 to 1991. I would go from movie to movie to movie.

You do your own stunts as an actor, and you end up getting hurt. It's not your job. You've got stunt guys. Stunt guys make a lot of money.