Elizabeth Pena Quotes

• When I’m not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We’ve been here since ’94.

  Elizabeth Pena

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  Tags in Self, Never, Working

• When I got Jacob’s Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn’t allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I’d be,”out of there.”

  Elizabeth Pena

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  Tags in Self, Feeling, Nervous

• The work is getting the work.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Work

• Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I’m serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.

  Elizabeth Pena

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  Tags in Self, Serious, Amazing, Person

• It’s a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There’s a circle of people that are guaranteed to open a movie and we all know their names and whether they’re right or wrong for the role.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Clique

• It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self -Love, Working, Friends

• I love acting. When I’m acting I feel like I’m on vacation. I’m just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self -Love, Acting, Wonderful, Time

• I figured, if I failed, I’d tried something that I hadn’t tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn’t have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn’t over the top and didn’t embarrass myself.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in God

  Tags in Self, Career

• I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it’s a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don’t tell my agent that.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Believe, Director

• Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans tend to hire the best face. The person that looks more like the role, whether they can perform the role or not is a bonus.

  Elizabeth Pena

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Self, European, Director

Elizabeth Pena (10)

Birth:	23rd September, 1959
Death:	14th October, 2014
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Television Director

About

Elizabeth Pena was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. She was an American actress known for her work in films such as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Jacob's Ladder, Lone Star, and The Incredibles. In 1977, she graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts. In 1979, she made her first film debut, El Super. In 2002, she starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades in the episode "Justicia", which she also directed. In 2003, she appeared in and directed "It Was Fun While It Lasted", an episode of The Brothers Garcia. She won the 1996 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Bravo Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film from the National Council of La Raza.

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