Trejo Quotes & Sayings

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. — Danny Trejo

I have always loved the history of Los Angeles and Twilight in the City of Angels nails it.
--Danny Trejo, actor — Chris Ahrens

It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down! — Kym Whitley

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. — Danny Trejo

I never imagined that I'd be out of prison. — Danny Trejo

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

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

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. — Danny Trejo

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

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

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

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

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. — Danny Trejo

One should never take sides in anything, Mr. Kelvil. Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore. — Oscar Wilde

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." — Danny Trejo

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. — Danny Trejo

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. — Danny Trejo

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. — Danny Trejo

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

Hollywood wants guys who can act tough - Hollywood don't want tough guys. — Danny Trejo

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. — Danny Trejo

There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly. — Charles Duhigg

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

Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool. — Luke Goss

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes. — Jack Canfield

I'd always rather be working - and you know what? My kids would rather me be working. If I stay at home, I'll only buy another car or spend their money. — Danny Trejo

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

We all have that chance to change the future. — Erin Trejo

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

I love action films. I don't really like drama. — Danny Trejo

Yet the past has a will of its own, and you must learn to entertain it, because it will visit, invited or not. — Faith Sullivan

I shall not dwell in the past ...
I shall not dread the present ...
I shall not fear the Future ...
For as Long as I live ...
I shall only think of success. — Oscar Trejo Jr.

Do you want to be super successful? Never appeal to people's mercy or gratitude ... Appeal only to their self-interest & see the results — Ziad K. Abdelnour