Michael Peña On Being First Generation Mexican American | Mario Lopez: One On One
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Michael Peña talks about growing up in Chicago as a first generation Mexican American.
Fresh off American Hustle and Cesar Chavez, actor Michael Peña is quickly becoming Hollywood royalty. Find out about his humble beginnings and how he went from high school dropout to master thespian.
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Two dudes that represent us 1st generation Mexican Americans. Proud to be here in America but still loving our Mexican roots. Speaking proper Spanish and English. Parents from Mexico city and Puebla.
Just like all the other immigrants from all over Europe and Asia we are also very proud off our heritage
Mario Lopez is so white washed he don't count lol
@@guynumber3100 well his Spanish does not agree with you
The USA don't like you though stop ass kissing
@@darkknight9102 yup you got that right
America the continent was named after an Italian. Mexico was literally named after the people of Aztec. So to call yourself a Mexican youre proudly calling yourself a Native, which to me, is something I am proud off.
Anima Mundi hell yea. We ain't Latino or Hispanic.... I'm Mexica
*Anima Mundi*
So i guess I'll never call myself a mexican if it originated from the aztecs because I'm pure Tarasco Indian(tierra de Michoacan) the aztecs worst nightmare. Silly aztecs were considered some of the mightiest but never defeated us in war and were never able to conquer the state of Michoacan.
Student And Servant For The Most High YAHAWAH you can call yourself whatever you want. The Fact is that Mexico was named after the Mexihcatl aka Aztec.
*Anima Mundi*
Are you even from the mexico city area?
Anima Mundi you look european
I live in Perth, Australia and I recently went to LA where like 60% Latino population haha. I love y'all Latinos, your music/culture/food/WOMEN😍 Please come to Australia we need more of y'all out here
pay my plane ticket then
No thank you Australia seems like a very deeply racist Country and im talking about white Australians look what You did to the aboriginals the native people of Australia
Im fine here in California my home.
Were not racist, I think you're racist against white Australians. Look at what European settlers did you your people, same thing. That's all history mate. Let's move on and stop doing this to each other
John Smith- Australia is a racist shithole and i will probably never go there. And Yes im talking specifically about whites but this is mostly whites in general. In the USA white people think being american is reserved solely for those who are white. Well mexicans have always been in California and the US as a whole has been always been a land of immigrants. The only continent to actually belong to whites is europe in my opinion but Muslims are destroying it
Well that's bc California was part of Mexico before it became an American state. It's not surprising to see Latinos in their own land lol.
True. When you lived in the ghetto, you never knew you lived in the ghetto, you never knew you were poor.
It is because you are happy.
True man
WORD!! same here in cpt 😎🙌
I have a Spanish last name but I'm Chamorro/Filipino but we share some cultural aspects with Mexico in addition with my Pacific and Asian culture
Jason Sanchez 🇵🇭 was a Spanish colony, that's why u have Spanish last name.
Im Mexican. I have a lot of filipino friends and at first i was amazed at how much our cultures are so similar. It’s crazy.
Paul is right, Philippines was a Spanish colony but the reason why it has more in common with Mexico than Spain is because they colonized from Mexico. Basically the Spanish headquarters moved to Mexico for a while.
The Philippines was the Hawaii Of New Spain
@@Alexis_005 Se llamo esa época (El Birreynato)
1st generation also but i was born like 2 hours away from chicago, also in illinois. my parents from puebla and durango
Zahideth Alcantara My mom's from Puebla too :)
Zahideth Alcantara my parents from Puebla
Zahideth Alcantara orale my family is from Durango canatlan!
Both my parents are from puebla :)
antonio barrera yea I go every year my family is from the southern part of puebla near oaxaxa and Guerrero , huajuapan de Leon is a few hours south of my parents town
Michael Pena, if you're reading this. We hung out back in the mid 2000's. I remember we went to a posh night club with Marty Bregman's son, Jay hernandez, and Casper. You were wearing sneakers and they didn't want to let you in. I started to go off on the bouncer about who you are and you were so humble just saying it's no big deal and we went somewhere else. You are the most humble, down to earth guy in Hollywood and I definitely had fun hanging with you Chris, Casper and Jay Hernandez. Good times!
Lol my dad's favorite group is CCR 😁... he's from jalisco
Also my dad’s, but we never left Jalisco
My dad too even though he's from sinaloa his favorite group is CCR
Same, my old man is from chihuahua. That was the music if his youth.
Nice! My dad loves CCR and he’s from Mexico City
Mexican American right here!!!!! From Chicago.. West side 🙌🏽🙌🏽😎 Humboldt Park area.. and let me tell you.. there’s a lot of Mexicans here.. we everywhere!
A lot of puerto rican people especially where you live
I'm Mexican American Viva mi Raza Proud to be Mexican American De san luis Potosi y Acúna ciudad🇺🇸🇲🇽
Orale San Luis Potosi !!!
Mexican in Chicagoland! Hello! Not all Mexicans are in California or Texas! SMH! 🤦🏽♀️
Hella mexicanos en detroit tambien foo
Cali,Txs,Arizona,New Mexico!!!
Brooklyn NY, had 2 million poblanos back in 2000.
Puro Gente from the State of Durango, México!! 🤠🇲🇽
Greetings from El Paso....
I was born and raised in the Chicagoan suburbs. My mom was born in Mexico City (but her family is from Guanajuato) and my dad is from Puebla (one of his grandfathers is from Guerrero).
He's one of my favorite actors
For some Strange Reason(s) Muchos Personas! from Northern Mexico esp; (State of Durango) seem to go to Chicago?... Both my parents ended up here in Arizona! 🤔
Yep ...all my fam is in Chicago...we're from Zacatecas..a lot of people from Jalisco too...
Dude your not lying lol I always though of that too . And my parents are also from Durango
Why is that strange it’s the 3rd biggest city. Mexicans going to Pennsylvania or Ohio that’s strange lol
I love it two very humble, men despite the amount of success 🤗👍💚💚
The ghetto that he's talking about, for you Californianos, is like Echo Park: gentrification is hitting hard!
Where my first generation Mexican Americans at??🇲🇽🙋🏽♀️
I'm 58- yrs. old The baby of the Baby Boomers! Me and my 7- others siblings are 1st. Generation Mexican-Americans parents from Durango, México!! 🇲🇽🤠
Myself & my 3 brother's.. Unfortunately my youngest brother passed away 7 years ago.. My Mom (may she R.I.P) was from Veracruz.. My father born in USA but his Parents from Northern Spain I'm very proud of my heritage Love Mexico ALWAYS 🇲🇽🇲🇽
I'm also a 1st generation American from Mexican parents ,but from Texas! I admire parents that instill strong work ethics nothing is given but earned!
Peña's mom was born in Charcas SLP, Mexico, the same town my dad was born in.
Kenny Bania fuck my grandparents are from charcas
SLP!!
Kenny Bania saludos desde México, San Luis Potosí :)
That is a bunch of bull he is straight up Puerto Rican
A huevo im from rioverde slp Mexico 🇲🇽 baby boys are making un proud
Shout out to whoever decided to put all us Chicanos in that Ant-Man movie💯💯💯
1:45 Dude was about to say “Ala Verga!” 😂😂
Hell yeah Mexicans in Chicago that’s why there’s Latin kings and Sinaloa’s cartel is connected to Chicago (aka little village)
That’s real bro don’t forget A Town (Aurora Illinois)
1st generation born in Laredo so I had the best of both worlds. On the weekends it was nuevo Laredo tamaulipas
When you're also a Mexican living in Chicago and can relate so much. There are actually hella Mexicans in Chicago, just go to the west side and it's like you're home.
Kati Valencia Repping the South Side
I thought chicago was a puerto rican territory
@@davidortega357 Not at all.. Have you ever been there??
@@davidortega357 hell naw. Hardly any Puerto Ricans compared to Mexicans.
I was born in East La- 😆😀/ Some where 12 blocks down - Oscar De la Jolla lived.
Good Movies Michael Keep it up. The Best!!
*Hoya
Órale Mario! I just recently started watching your videos, I dig the ones with you and your dad eating Mexican food, they remind me of my pops and me. FYI, While it's true what Peña said about the Mexicans ending up in Chicago because they follow the factory jobs, but the fact is, Mexicans have been in Chicago a lot longer than that, since the late 1800s! Everyone knows about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas (The Chisholm Trail), but from there the cattle were shipped on the railroad to the Chicago stockyards where they were slaughtered and packed on ice to be sent by railroad back east where top dollar was paid for the beef. And just like Hollywood has never shined the light on the true historic role that Mexicans have played in forming everything "cowboy or rodeo", neither has written history put the spotlight on the importance of Mexican Vaqueros who played a major part of those cattle drives. Like Mexicans who work in all areas of agriculture today, they followed the work opportunities back then, wherever that work might have taken them. So many Mexicans ended up in the Chicago Stockyards, and have lived there ever since the late 1800s, where they slaughtered & packed beef on ice (and Chicago has plenty of ice) that beef was then shipped to the fine dining establishments of New York and the likes. Think about it, You're a Vaquero who has just finished driving cattle on horseback for months, through the Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico & Texas all the way to the Kansas rail yards, and you get paid. With your pockets full of money, do you want to ride your horse back through hot, dry, Indian, & outlaw, rattlesnake-bitten & cactus-infested deserts back to Tejas or old Mejico? Or do you want to ride the trains north to a land of cool weather, ice & snow? Where they'll pay you more money and you'll have all of the carne asada & that your heart desires?!!! I tripped out too when I first learned there were Raza in Chi-town. But when you research American history, beyond what they taught us in high school, you'll learn, when it comes to everything Western or SouthWestern, Mexicans have always been there, adding their distinct flavor, and influencing everything they've been part of. Seldom mentioned but many U.S. states, and even more of our cities, from Texas to Northern California have retained their names since before they were owned by the U.S. The entire Western theme, from boots to hat, from rodeo to lasso, from the broncos to corral, it all originated in Mexico & Mexicans have always been there, in the thick of it all! Maybe you can make a history-based western movie on the role of the Vaquero in America, and I'd love to be part of it. My family has roots in Texas and California, since before they were added to the United States! And I still have family who are working Vaqueros & own cattle ranches in Parral Chihuahua today, que Dios los bendiga. Keep the videos coming, and keep shining the light!
@mark you're right about all the history you just gave out but the other thing that America doesn't say about us Mexican Americans, Chicanos is how many of us fought in the wars throughout history.
I served in Vietnam 1970 1971 and there were a lot of Mexican Americans, Chicanos wesangs our Mexican songs before heading out to the jungle crossing through rice paddies being Point man, and a lot of them died you can see their names on the wall in DC Washington.
And the reason why you don't hear about Mexican Americans or Chicanos in the wars is because we were considered White in the military and another thing that America doesn't say anything about that we won the most Medal of Honor (39). Medal of Honor Roy Benavidez is the real Rambo read his story or on UA-cam. God bless his heart and soul may He rest in peace.
They need to make a movie about Medal of Honor Roy Benavidez and Michael Pena would play a great part as Roy Benavides.
@@joe56ramirez99 ¡Híjole! You ain't kidding! I just read his story on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez and it left me wanting to hear more. That would be a hell of a movie! It's also a well-known fact that the sheer number of Latinos and Blacks that seen combat in WWII, KOREA, & VIETNAM far outweighed the number of whites who did (per capita). I have three uncles that served in WWII & KOREA. But about Benavidez, you are right, I'd like to see that movie. " ¡Viva Roy Benavidez!"
This is why I love reading the comment section, you always learn so much sometimes. I knew Mexicans are the original cowboys ( vaqueros) like the original poster mentions @Loncho but learned a lot more in detail with his post. I agree the media and history does not tell that story. I love how I also learned about Roy P. Benavidez by the other poster in the comments @Joe56 Ramirez , wow this man’s story is definitely worthy of a movie and a great move that would be. Thanks guys for al the wonderful info.
@@guillermoochoa7345 Thanks. Yeah, they don't like to admit it, but white folks of European descent copied the Mexican Vaquero/Cowboy style, not the other way around. All they have to do is look at old photos of their grand and great-grandparents they came from Europe wearing Top-hats or those little round Derby hats and they wore boots with buckles on them, not cowboy hats & cowboy boots. They had farms and they were "plow boys", not cowboys. The word "Ranch" comes from Ranchero, and Vaquero "one who works with cows" is where the word Cowboy comes from. BTW I agree, can't wait to see that movie, "Viva Roy Benavidez"/"Long Live Roy Benavidez" Perfect movie title for him! R.I.P. Master Sargent!
Mario my dude there’s Mexicans everywhere... I was born in New Jersey... there’s a lot of Mexicans in Jersey.
The first time ever I saw Michael Peña was in Gone in 60 seconds, a very small part, but very memorable, I remember thinking, damn, this guy is gonna get far in his career one day, like I said it was a small part, but he’s got a “je ne sais quoi” quality to him. I wish all the success in the world to Michael and Mario.
Who cares, we're all from the same Palo, first generation, second generation what's the difference, stay true to who you are and don't try to be something you're not. Keep making those good movies Michael...
One of the best actors in the business. He can do drama and comedy and he is amazing at both.
I grew up in Pilsen too but Puerto Rican - Chicago has the 2nd highest population of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the statea
Nice..
We need more mexican actors in Hollywood. Not enough, we are a big factor in 🇺🇸 especially California, Arizona and Texas but we are under represented.
Michael Pena one of my favorite actors
I liked him in the Fury movie.
I think he's a great actor I like all the other movie he's been in.
Same here...him and Danny McBride are brilliant!
...It is like a Turkish guy telling a Greek guy born in Istanbul (Constantinople) that he is “1st Generation European”...Some major Bull Sh*t that would be.
what??? don't understand???
First generation Mexican American also from Chicago! So proud of you! It’s true, many Mexicans follow the trains for work! 💐
I love seeing my Rosa Mexicanos on the road I hope we see more of this to come keep up the great work guys glad to see my Raza 🇲🇽💯💪 moving up speaking our struggle also no one ever ask about our struggle Que Viva mi jente Mexicanos 💯 13 🇲🇽💯💪♥️
southside born n raised on southside of chicago, cool af you went to the same high school as me, came str8 from the hood. amors gangsta two six
L Manzano me to I'm from Chicago 💙💙💙💙
Lol bunnies are still a thing? Thought that lifestyle was dead. I never see them anymore
Well Iam mexican and puerto rican and i grew up in el barrio englewood Illinois in chicago
I never will understand why my family in Chicago have lived there for as long as they have but I’m no different , Maryland is pretty cold 🥶
Aside from these two guys hera and Geroge Lopez, Cheech Marin and James Olmos there is very little Mexican Americans in Hollywood.
Salma Hayek and Eugenio Derbez from How to be a Latin Lover were born and raised in Mexico.
If you two characters read this I'm Mexican American and can add something to Hollywood myself wink wink.
Would like Mario Lopez type gigs by the way. None of that gang member stereotype roles given to most Chicanos in Hollywood.
We are americans bc mexico is in the american continent north america so we are natives from this beautifull land
Michael Peña is so handsome, and so is Mario of course.
I used hang out with Carlos Santana in tj back in the 60s when he used to play in revolution street in Tijuana IAM the same age ashim not he don't remember I still see and talk to Javier batiz the guy that show him how played the guitar
Sorry, lost respect for him when I found out he was a Scientologist
Little village Chicago southside flooded with my people MEXICAN
Michael Peña es un orgullo Americano. ¡Toda AMERICA! Desde Tierra del Fuego hasta Alaska.
Larry hernandez? 😭🤣😂👌
Hey I'm from Chicago Illinois 💜💜💜💜
Michael Peña is a freaking great actor.
We are still missing tony romo, Tony Gonzales, the dwag whisperer Mr Milan , he’ll go international Reynaldo, wwe Rey misterio, Latina actors/actresses from mex etc..... shakira!
Shakira is Colombian born and raised
Question if my dad was born in Honduras but, my mom was born in the US like me and my younger brother in Chicago does that make me second generation Hispanic American since my mom was born in the US
Lord Beaky first generation on your fathers side and second on your moms side. You're both. At least that's how I've heard several people in similar circumstances describe it. Hope you don't mind that I replied.
Lord Beaky Im the samee bro!
I'm the same only from opposite parents as yourself
wow, never knew Michael was mex?? always thought he was Puerto Rican??
He's a Chicano... why then does his Chicano accent in movies always sound terrible?
That accent is a southern California accent
"yeah [...] yeah [...] yeah [...] yeah [...] yeah [...] yeah" and bluh bluh bluh I can't even count how many times this guy said "yeah" either loudly or barely audible. 🤣😁😆😂
Lot of people from Mexico live in Chicago they live in Chicago because Chicago has been a sanctuary city for immigrants in a long time!! You find people from every part of Mexico but specially from jalisco,Durango,Guanajuato,Michoacán,Guerrero and zacatecas they are the most and then from Mexico City or any other but little less then people from Mexican states named above
Pilsen and Douglass park two very different areas.... which one is it Pena? Pilsen or Douglass Park..... this dude is suspect
1st Gen Mexican coming at you from Paterson NJ . Parents from Puebla Mexico . Some Tiny pueblos la Galarza.
Mexican? What do you consider your self white Spaniard blood or brown native blood Mexican.. ???? Hahah
George Martinez A majority of us have Spanish and Native American blood...we are mestizos
Oh if only you knew! Mexico is not merely Native blood or Spaniard blood it's also African blood there are Afro mestizos more precisely in (Veracruz), there is French blood, Arabic blood (as Spanish people brought their arabic prisoners), Lebanese blood (they came later in the 19th century). I think we should be proud of all the multiculturalism and blood heritage in our country. Yet believe it or not there is much racism and that's such a shame
Mario IAM from. Chula Vista and I know you like it here that s why I move back to Chula Vista I used to work in cal fed savings in berverlly hills and met all your favorite stars but in Tijuana I met all the famouse stars you know Rita Hayworth used live in Chula Vista Janet Jackson lives here to by the way I went to school in Coronado with Jim Morrison of the doors the group did a tribute to Jim I used to live in Pasadena to
God bless you Michael
Damn my dad worked BNSF in logistics at San Bernardino and now im in the same field. It's crazy how all our stories sound the same.
Excellence we need more Latinos like you to represent. I'm deeply offended when they make a movies without any Latinos in it that is an insult and it's really saying we're ignoring you..
one of my favorite actors
Is ridiculous for me 2 Hispanic talk in English Spanish don’t feel proud brown color
hey Mario, aren't you Mexican yourself? why did you tell the guy, you interviewing that you didn't know there were Mexicans in Chicago and then you said; "it's so cold, but there's a lot of them" Why don't you say instead "there are a lot of us?"
Because he's a Mexican from California so I'm sure he didn't think there were many in Chicago
+Tyrann Mathieu I'm Mexican from Cali, and i have always known that there is about over a million "Mexican-americans" living in the state of illinois. it has the largest concentration of Mexicans outside the southwest.
Because he is pretty whitewashed.
benjaminc1850 y'all are what's wrong with our community.
you're tripping bro, Michael knows he's mexican
1 generation Israelite. Wake up brother APTTMH
If you were born inmexico you are Mexican not Spanish desend if yoare bornin USA and are Mexican parents you are Mexican american
Blue beetle : They took a risk which white boys hating it, now what. George lopez, why you crying?
All this time I thought he played Pvt Ben Yahzee in Wind Talkers
Pilsen is not he ghetto, I suppose that if this two Pochos don't see a Starbucks, they think is the ghetto.
Back in the days, Pilsen was ghetto especially Douglas's park, now it's not ghetto but not safe also.
That's right! You're an American and you don't let anyone take it away from you.
Mario López ❣️🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽❣️
Where my Little Village people at? Taking attendance 📝
Family left from Jalisco to Chicago. Can say there is a lot of Mexicans
difference between chi Mexicans and west coast Mexicans, we West Coast would have got that bike BACK! real talk!
Another difference is you'd rather give your bike away than experience half a day in the real winter that we go through all season like nothin'.
Lol. A Back of the Yard Mexican never would get his bike taken. Got stopped by 3 older kids when I was 7 with the only bike I ever owned at the time...punched the biggest one in the face and rode off. Thats real Chicago South side.
Chicago was tough, too many bangers-idiots, preying on neutrons.
Seriously, doesn't matter where you live to get the bike back,Come On!! It's all in the character of that individual person,had nothing to do with location how Stupid.. I live in the Midwest & no way in HELL someone would even think about taking anything from me or my family!! PLEASE
West coast Mexicans wanna be white
este actor no tiene nada de carisma ni personalidad! tiene mucha suerte que le toco la era de la inclusion.
Come On you can not categorized what ya Family worked hard for because this Country wants you to , man ...be real man .... why you using terms like a 1980s Comic BOOK man... lmao
Haha credence Clearwater. That’s hilarious and hits home. I remember my dad always used to pop in his CCR 8-track when he drove us around in his Impala. My parents came from Mexico in the early 70’s so I can relate. Thanks to my dad trying to fit in by jamming CCR, I became a rocker and metal head lol this is too funny.
First I claim my city puro Los Angeles
There's also alot of mexicans & latinos in northern virginia
I was in virginia back in 1969 didn't. See any mexicans im mexican mestizo just whites and Black people i was in the U S Army. at fort Lee Va near petersburg also i went to NC rockingham i did see native americans like me there were catawbas and mattaponis
I’m 2nd generation chicana - Mexican / American and I’m proud of the Mexican culture my parents thought me ,traditions , religion , language and way of living and I’m happy to continue that to my children ! Porque siempre ay que recordar y saber de donde viene nuestra raza !
Too bad he calls Pilsen the ghetto, more like the barrio, not exactly the same... but he didn’t know any better I’m guessing. either way lots of props to this great actor and awesome representation of himself and the community.. stay humble homie..🍺
I appreciate his perspective about living good even when he was poor. Being able to find abundance in family, love, music, food provides immense relief in hard times. Then when the financial situation changes your self worth isnt tethered in it
Hurry up and run for President so we can get you in the white house
Buenos días a todos.Solo les puedo recordar que nuestra cultura es milenaria ,el mestizaje entre españoles e indígenas surge hace 500 años, Así el castellano como lengua en México.
Creo que como hijos nacidos de padres Mexicanos debemos estar orgullosos de
Nuestra cultura y hablar español con nuestros hijos es Importante .mi humilde opinión.
Wow I did not know he was raised in Pilsen I also was raised in Pilsen on 18th Street and Ashland Avenue back from the early 60s to the early late 90s.
Went Hollywood. Kids in Chicago need to know where you came from, where you been, where you are and how you got there. Come back to South Side.
Led Zeppelin is British not American
Chicago ain’t cold like every one thinks it’s only January and February that are cold plus Mexicans are warriors we can live in any weather
Where can I see the full interviews?
1916, my grandmother left Calabria, landed in New York and took the train to Ogden, Utah.
i would love to hear Peña, about his childhood. Many Americans don't know there are Tons of Mexicans in Chicago.
BE NICE TO BE RID OF THEM
Jane Book
Bad girl!!😖
@@janebook294 Exactly why do say that?? Are they personally harming you or your family?? You sound extremely immature Uncultured & very ignorant
@@jcbulldog533 she got pregnant by a paisa n he fled south 🤣
@@streetstyle9200 She sounds like Ignorant Dumb-Ass Racist Byatch nothing more nothing less
🇲🇽🇺🇸🔥💯👑💪WHAT CAN THE REAL BROWN DO FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!
He’s a Scientology member
Funniest dude ever. This is guy is a legend lol I'm mexican but I look white 🥲
One of my favorite actors today. From End of Watch, Antman and then Fury; that's versatility. He ain't exactly pretty or tall or whatever but it doesn't matter.
Pílsen damn I didn’t know he was from Chicago.
@mark no little village is close to Douglas Park. When did I say it was ?
@mark ahh got you yeah I got you
Oh, Che Gueverra...keep it up
I still drive by douglas park till this date and still some kind of ghetto lol but he made it 👏🏻
I’m from Ireland good for u 😄😄