Danny Trejo famous quotes

05-13-2025

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

#Helping Others #Helping
I never imagined that I'd be out of prison.
-- Danny Trejo

#Prison
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

#Tattoo #Mean #Years
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

#Inmates #Prison #Made
I think I'm a workaholic, but I'm a workaholic that is loving his work.
-- Danny Trejo

#Thinking #Workaholic
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

#Boss #Directors #Actors
The Only Things That Were Available To Me Were Either Be A LaborerÂ Or Be A Drug Dealer. So I Became An Armed Robber. It Was A Lot Simpler.
-- Danny Trejo

#Drug #Drug Dealers #Dealer
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

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

#Epic #Blood #Order
When people clap for me I say, don't clap for me, clap for what God has done.
-- Danny Trejo

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

#Jobs #Coffee #Acting
When people come at me they can't win, they think they can, but they can't. I'll just walk away.
-- Danny Trejo

#Winning #Thinking #People
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

#Significance #Supposed To Be #Without God
Anybody over 40 is an older person. You better give them some respect.
-- Danny Trejo

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

#Debt #Argument
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

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

#Selfish #People #Looks
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

#Play #Giving #Tree
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.
-- Danny Trejo

#Support #Drug #Habit
I love action films. I don't really like drama.
-- Danny Trejo

#Drama #Action #Film
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

#Vintage #Car #World
I had a crush Florence Henderson when I was younger, i would love to meet Marcia but I would prefer mom.
-- Danny Trejo

#Love #Crush #Mom
I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity.
-- Danny Trejo

#Long #Prison #Authenticity
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.
-- Danny Trejo

#Hurt #Guy #Getting Hurt

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