GQ: Danny Trejo Bought a Donut Shop

For someone wildly famous for their mean mug, Danny Trejo comes off as one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. The Hollywood legend has been playing the bad guy on-screen for decades, while being an extremely good guy IRL. When he stays at hotels, Trejo takes the toiletries home with him to donate to women’s shelters and rehabs. At one such rehab, Trejo met a teenager with a passion for singing that led him to start a music label, DT Music. “I love being around people who love just what they’re doing,” Machete told us. “That’s why I love to do low-budget, independent movies because they are labors of love. You don’t got eighty million dollars to do a film. You’re borrowing money from your mom. You got grandma’s social security in it.”

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