Manny Montana

“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.”

“You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.”

“If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.”

“I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.”

“You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to t...”

“I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.”

“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 wrappe...”

“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....”