As an actor, you’re always worried about getting stuck on a show that’s not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn’t really test you as an actor. Manny Montana Read Quote
Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I’m pretty cool. Manny Montana Read Quote
I grew up a really shy kid, but I always surrounded myself with a lot funny people. It depends on the day – if I feel like being quiet, I will be. I’m not a complete goofball, though. Manny Montana Read Quote
I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they’re people, and they have lives, too. Manny Montana Read Quote
My friends told me that it’s the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work. Manny Montana Read Quote
People usually spend the first two months playing themselves up, not really being themselves. You waste those two months – and then they tell you, ‘You’re not who I was dating the first month!’ Manny Montana Read Quote
I’m from Long Beach – not the best area in the world – and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up. Manny Montana Read Quote
I come from an area where it’s mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing… I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I’m a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked. Manny Montana Read Quote
When you’re young, it’s all about the society of school and being cool, but they don’t understand that somebody can be different and live a different lifestyle and still be a regular person. I was the same way when I was a kid. Manny Montana Read Quote
