Danny Trejo
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Podcast Appearances
was your dad born in mexico no he was born in texas and that is correct me i sound silly is that chicano yeah okay so that's chicano and uh and so my dad was like that was tough god and uh now if i went to gilbert and he was on the phone gilbert would go here oh wait hold on hold on yeah All right, let me get the phone open. He always had time, no matter what he was doing.
He'd be running somewhere. Hey, Gilbert. Yeah, yeah, what's up? Well, here, jump in the car. Let's go. And so that's who I gravitated to, the guy that had time for me. And the guy that had time for me had to be a drug addict and an armed robber.
He'd be running somewhere. Hey, Gilbert. Yeah, yeah, what's up? Well, here, jump in the car. Let's go. And so that's who I gravitated to, the guy that had time for me. And the guy that had time for me had to be a drug addict and an armed robber.
He'd be running somewhere. Hey, Gilbert. Yeah, yeah, what's up? Well, here, jump in the car. Let's go. And so that's who I gravitated to, the guy that had time for me. And the guy that had time for me had to be a drug addict and an armed robber.
Good-looking dude.
Good-looking dude.
Good-looking dude.
Taught me how to fight. Taught me how to fight. And everything he gave me. Allowed me to succeed in the path that I took, being a drug addict, an armed robber, penitentiary, lightweight, welterweight champion of every penitentiary I was in. And I was in all. You were in all of them. Yeah. You were actually in all of them. Quentin, Folsom, Soledad, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra.
Taught me how to fight. Taught me how to fight. And everything he gave me. Allowed me to succeed in the path that I took, being a drug addict, an armed robber, penitentiary, lightweight, welterweight champion of every penitentiary I was in. And I was in all. You were in all of them. Yeah. You were actually in all of them. Quentin, Folsom, Soledad, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra.
Taught me how to fight. Taught me how to fight. And everything he gave me. Allowed me to succeed in the path that I took, being a drug addict, an armed robber, penitentiary, lightweight, welterweight champion of every penitentiary I was in. And I was in all. You were in all of them. Yeah. You were actually in all of them. Quentin, Folsom, Soledad, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra.
Those were the ones that were built when I was... So I was obsessed with Blood In, Blood Out.
Those were the ones that were built when I was... So I was obsessed with Blood In, Blood Out.
Those were the ones that were built when I was... So I was obsessed with Blood In, Blood Out.
Well, it's funny because when I was doing Blood In and Blood Out, I met a guy, Mario Castillo. And we were talking, and I said, hey, why don't you come in and get your part in this movie? And he said, we can't. They were sureños, right? And Quentin was the northern receptionist. They were all norteños. Right. Mario was so tough that in a Norteño prison, he's wearing a pair of shorts that say L.A.
Well, it's funny because when I was doing Blood In and Blood Out, I met a guy, Mario Castillo. And we were talking, and I said, hey, why don't you come in and get your part in this movie? And he said, we can't. They were sureños, right? And Quentin was the northern receptionist. They were all norteños. Right. Mario was so tough that in a Norteño prison, he's wearing a pair of shorts that say L.A.
Well, it's funny because when I was doing Blood In and Blood Out, I met a guy, Mario Castillo. And we were talking, and I said, hey, why don't you come in and get your part in this movie? And he said, we can't. They were sureños, right? And Quentin was the northern receptionist. They were all norteños. Right. Mario was so tough that in a Norteño prison, he's wearing a pair of shorts that say L.A.
County Jail. So he's saying I'm Sureño. You know what I mean? But he's pushing four and some pounds. Nobody messed with him. And it was—he said, you know what, we can't. We got the word from the mafia. No student interest can work on any prison movie because of what James almost did, you know, screwed everything up. Wait, what did James almost do? Well, he— He did a movie called American Me.
County Jail. So he's saying I'm Sureño. You know what I mean? But he's pushing four and some pounds. Nobody messed with him. And it was—he said, you know what, we can't. We got the word from the mafia. No student interest can work on any prison movie because of what James almost did, you know, screwed everything up. Wait, what did James almost do? Well, he— He did a movie called American Me.
County Jail. So he's saying I'm Sureño. You know what I mean? But he's pushing four and some pounds. Nobody messed with him. And it was—he said, you know what, we can't. We got the word from the mafia. No student interest can work on any prison movie because of what James almost did, you know, screwed everything up. Wait, what did James almost do? Well, he— He did a movie called American Me.
I saw that one, too. And the problem with that is that he made the leader of the Mexican mafia. He said that he had gotten in juvenile hall, which is an outright lie. Oh, my God.