Michael Pena Quotes

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'

I don't get offered many comedies.

I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.

Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it.

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts.

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

There is a perception that I do certain kind of films. That's not true. I am open to any good scripts with a good role.

My process of choosing scripts remains the same. Of whatever I read and whatever excites me is what I will continue to take up.

Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.

I've never consciously chased a particular kind of a film or role. I choose from what is offered.

When you get scripts and you really enjoy reading them, you know it's a good project.

I would play the lead role in films which have scripts that suit me.

Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.

I don't pick the roles. Your agent gets a call for you and you go and they all get together, everybody has fun at the reading, and they say, "There's chemistry here." So that's how it happens.

I do try to look at scripts and keep an eye out for challenging roles.

I have a lot of scripts that come my way, and some of them take a bit longer to read than others. There are a lot of things that I have to pass on because I'm just not into it, and sometimes the story is slightly forced.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

When you're a working actor you see a lot of scripts all the time, but to get to do something that's really well written it's a rare privilege.

When I do theatre in New York, I typically only get cast in comedy.

I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone that evokes my interest in any film.

For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as much humor as possible.