Trejo ultimately would appear in Runaway Train and soon film role offers came pouring in. Trejo has been a favorite of directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez for years,; he was notably featured in Desperado, and starred as Machete alongside Jessica Alba.
Whenever he'd say something he didn't think was "crude," his daughter would ask: "How would you like it if a man said that to me? His son Gilbert, 33, named after his late uncle, also called his father out on his "toxic masculinity" on their drive home one night, which Trejo details in his memoir. Trejo writes he was so shocked that he called Logue to ask what that meant: "Donal what the hell is toxic masculinity? Because it's what Gilbert says I was raised with!
According to Trejo's IMDb page , he holds acting credits and has been "killed" onscreen more than any other actor he got his start as an extra in the action film "Runaway Train" , but he didn't always feel taken seriously by Hollywood peers. He writes of one instance where he found himself still walking the line between two worlds — "my past as a convicted felon and my new vocation as an actor.
Naturally, with the life he's lived, Trejo advises young aspiring Latino filmmakers and actors to "just keep going for that brass ring. Don't let nobody say you can't do it," Trejo says. Trejo dropped everything and headed to the set. He never found the man and suspects he relapsed before Trejo arrived. Bunker asked if Trejo, who had boxed in prison, was still fighting. With acting, Trejo found a well-paid profession that seemed eerily natural.
In Folsom, I acted to keep my sanity. Now that I was doing it for fun, I loved acting. I loved the feeling. Like a new drug, I was hooked. Just then, Trejo felt someone hovering behind him.
He knows his fame has influence on others and hopes his story will inspire younger fans: "It doesn't matter where you start, it's where you end up. In the documentary, we watch Danny go into prisons to tell inmates about his own experience.
He says he smells "the fear and the anxiety" every time he goes back. That wakes you up quick and it's a reminder for me to not step out of line. The actor has only got busier the older he's got and a couple of years ago he was on the set of Adam Sandler movie The Ridiculous 6 when someone asked when he was going to retire. I don't see myself retiring anytime soon. Inmate 1: The Rise of Danny Trejo is available to watch on various digital platforms.
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