Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood

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a b c d e f Wright, Paul (August 2011). "Prison Legal News Interviews Former Prisoner and Famous Actor Danny Trejo". Prison Legal News. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013 . Retrieved September 18, 2013. Really glad he choose to do blood in blood out. If you haven't seen it yet its probably one of the best prison movies out there even after all this time I highly recommend it and this book.

Donal Logue: You know what I mean? You never know where people are at. Even if you're in a bad spot, help someone else out. It'll immediately make you feel better.On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He’s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend. At age seven, Trejo participated in his first drug deal. [17] He was first arrested at the age of 10, [18] but experienced his first incarceration at Eastlake Juvenile Hall in 1956. [18] Strauss, Bob (September 11, 2003). "ROBERT RODRIGUEZ WEARS A HOST OF HATS, STAYS AWAY FROM TINSELTOWN AND EMBRACES DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GRITTY END TO 'MARIACHI' TRILOGY". Daily News (Los Angeles, CA). Archived from the original on June 29, 2019 . Retrieved August 30, 2010.

And while he has had an enviable acting career, Trejo doesn’t pull punches when talking about Hollywood in the book, questioning the veracity of a famous film about the Mexican mafia that was inspired by a true story. He writes about being known as a “fixer” who could help with problems off the set, such as when he had to step in after a fired extra threatened a director’s family. He describes being typecast as the bad guy with tattoos. Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed in the American indie film Runaway Train, where he played the role of a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars. He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including Madness in the Method, Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Con Air, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, Reindeer Games, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Grindhouse. [1] Early life [ edit ] Childhood [ edit ] I would have rated this higher if someone else had narrated it because the pacing and pauses could have been better.Trejo found a new talent agent with the help of Raymond Cruz. He was first cast in an episode of Baywatch, followed by a part in 1993's Last Light, Kiefer Sutherland's directorial debut. [52] Donal Logue: For me, I was homeless when I moved to L.A. I got sober first. Then I had the gifts of this career. I was never confused about the fact that I received my career as a gift, simply because I did that, you know? You know what I'm saying, Danny. In the TV show The Flash, he appeared in the episode Elongated Journey Into Night as the father of Cisco's love interest, Gypsy. His character works as a breacher (an interdimensional bounty hunter) who can manipulate the space-time fabric and travel to parallel worlds. Snapshot - IMDb' ". IMDb. n.d. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023 . Retrieved November 2, 2023. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood—written by Danny Trejo himself, alongside his close friend Donal Logue—tells the truly inspiring, no-holds-barred story of his life. Trejo shares his experiences with complete honesty, no filtering and no bullshit. From his crime-filled youth to his battle with addiction, his most personal relationships to building a career as one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, this memoir leaves nothing out.