“In Hollywood, they give you a star that everybody can step on.
“If you let me die with dignity, I will say your name every day and I will do whatever I can for my fellow inmate,” he says.
His road to redemption, however, wasn’t linear.
“Masculine means you go to work, you support your family, you help out your neighbors — that’s masculine, that’s machismo.
“I’ve called a few people to the side and told them, ‘Look, holmes, you don’t disrespect me because you don’t want to know what happens,” Trejo says.
“I get hired to act, no matter what, whether I’m the lead or the extra.
Don’t let nobody say you can’t do it,” Trejo says.