Kohn, Eric (November 13, 2020). "Danny Trejo Responds to Calls for Senate Run: 'I'd Rather Be on the Frontlines' ". IndieWire. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021 . Retrieved May 28, 2021. But since this book is about redemption, Trejo ends his memoir with his role as a restaurateur, which began in 2016 when he opened the first Trejo’s Tacos in Los Angeles. After he’s arrested, his crew in the neighborhood says, “He’s going to spit in those coppers’ eyes!” 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.

For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood’s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold. 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. Danny Trejo has always been one of my favourite bad guys in Hollywood, so I loved reading about his good side in this book. He is a tough guy too, it takes real strength to share a story like his, and to own up to everything he has in this book. Avila, Pamela. (2021) "Danny Trejo on his new memoir, toxic masculinity and how his daughter 'helped me change my life'", USA Today, July 13. Retrieved August 6, 2021. Gum was special. We couldn’t get gum in prison. We certainly couldn’t get the sugary kind the college kid was chomping on.

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But at the same time, it wouldn’t have felt as REAL with someone else narrating s We started early the day before and went all night. That next morning, I was settling in when the Captain’s voice came over the loudspeaker. He announced we were having an outside activity that day: a local junior college baseball team would be playing a team of inmates in an exhibition game. Casa de Machete". KTTV. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013 . Retrieved September 12, 2013. Further information: Danny Trejo filmography 1980s: Acting debut [ edit ] Trejo at Muscle Beach, circa 1986. [35]

Trejo's book pulls no punches when it comes to his past. He was twelve years old when he first took heroin, and he spent too much of his youth in prison for an endless variety of felonies. Eventually, he maintained his sobriety and became a drug counselor more than a decade before he took his first Hollywood acting gig. As of this writing, Trejo has been clean and sober for 52 years, and he's helped countless others achieve sobriety and improve their lives. In this “celebration of a life fully lived” (Reyna Grande, author of The Distance Between Us), discover the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss—it’s “enough to make you believe in the possibility of a Hollywood ending” ( The New York Times Book Review). White, Brett (January 12, 2022). "Danny Trejo's 'Book of Boba Fett' Debut Changes Everything We Know About Rancors". Decider. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022 . Retrieved January 12, 2022. This book is all about redemption. Everything good that has happened to me, holmes, has happened as a direct result of helping someone else. And I know someone is going to read this book and say, ‘My God, that’s exactly what happened to me,’ ” he said. In 2014, Trejo produced his first film, titled Ambition, and produced his second film, the action film Bad Asses.

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If you’re a fan like I am this is definitely the book for you.” —Pete Davidson, actor, producer, and cast member on Saturday Night Live

Donal Logue: One thing is, look... What's important is, that was an intersection between our world of film and television and what it does, and the very real world that it was attempting to portray. Edward James Olmos, to me, is one of the greatest actors of all time. Alice Trejo". geni_family_tree. May 9, 1928. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021 . Retrieved August 28, 2021. At 76,” Trejo says, “this memoir was an opportunity for me to be fearlessly honest for the first time about the terrifying brutality of my experiences in the hardest prisons in the world, the family secrets that tore lives apart, my personal bottom while I was in the hole in Soledad facing a possible death penalty charge, the role God played in turning my life around, my acting career that started at the age of 40 by simply showing up to a set to help another addict in need and how all of it shaped the person I am.” Donal Logue: No one can solve all the world's problems and all this geo-political stuff. But what you can do is try to bring a smile to someone's face on that day.

It was Cinco de Mayo 1968, in Soledad State Prison. To Mexicans, real Mexicans, Corazón Mexicans, Cinco de Mayo doesn’t mean the Mexican day of independence (it’s not); it doesn’t signify the day the Mexicans defeated the French at Puebla; it doesn’t even mean the fifth of May. Cinco de Mayo means “Get bail money ready.” Trejo has made a number of cameo appearances in various music videos throughout his career; these include Kid Frost - “ La Familia”, Sepultura - “ Attitude”, Jay Chou's short film-music video “Double Blade”, Mobb Deep - “ Got It Twisted”, Rehab - “ Bartender Song (Sittin’ at a Bar)”, Enrique Inglesias - “ Loco”, Tyga - “ MAMACITA ft. YG, Sanata”, YG - “I Dance ft. Duki, Cuco” [78] and ROSALÍA - “ LA FAMA ft. The Weeknd”. In 2011, he appeared in the action film Recoil as Drayke Selgado, with WWE wrestler and actor Steve Austin and played the role of the Ripper in Cross.