Pepe Serna Quotes

I could always say I wished I had a better film career... but overall, I've been one of the lucky ones.

I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

It is easy to react if everything is going great.

My whole life, I've wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.

America, for me, is the country where, if you have something great to offer, you'll be valued highly.

Hollywood has given me a great, warm hug.

I don't know if I would've had the opportunity to be on 'Wizards of Waverly Place' if it weren't for my heritage. I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

I'm happy and I'm focused on my work... it's incredible to be able to work with 20th Century Fox and to keep opening doors for Mexicans and Latins in the United States.

I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.

The worst thing about age is not quite being able to do what you once did. The best thing is learning to accept what you've got and what you are.

I'm glad I got to play 15 years. I'm not scarred by the fact I didn't do better, or win more. I don't even talk about it, other people do.

I think that when I was first starting out, even after I was on 'Gilmore Girls,' when things were going pretty well, I was constantly focused on what's next, how can my career get bigger? I could've had a little more fun, and I think I could've had a little more gratitude for the job I did have.

I'm a really happy guy. I have a great career, a wonderful wife and family.

I love my work and the fact I am fortunate enough to have the opportunities available to explore.

There are a lot of famous people who started out with us and became stars and I wouldn't swap my life with theirs for one second.

I often stop when I'm doing something, in the middle of rehearsals or some other job, and I try to take a minute to think "Okay, this might be as good as it gets, so drink it in, appreciate it now". So far, I've been lucky because another job has always come along to equal the last.

Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

I've got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I'm not blind.

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now.

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

I feel like I've gotten so lucky and gotten to do such cool things with such cool folks. It's really great. You definitely want that momentum to keep going, for sure.

I feel so lucky that I have gotten to do what I have gotten to do.