Trejo asks for differentiation between illegals and drug traffickers.

The theme arose because Machete, directed by Robert Rodríguez deals with the corruption of the authorities in their dealings with the immigrants in the United States.

“The big problem is that in the United States, all of the illegal immigrants and the drug traffickers into a single package, when in fact they are two different problems that should be separated, and each given a just solution for everyone.

Danny Trejo spoke of his adolescence, when he lived in the United States under the custody of an uncle who took drugs and stole. “He was always pushing me to do the same. When I was 14, he gave me a gun and said, ‘Take it and go steal.’ And of course, if one commits crimes, he ends up in jail, like it happened to me.

The actor knew how to straighten out his course, and to move away from vice and crime. His life took such a great turn that he dedicated himself to rehabilitating and counseling people with addiction problems. This is what he was doing when he was offered his first opportunity to work in film.

A member of the audience asked the actor whether he had tried to help actress Lindsay Johnson, to which he answered, “Yes, that is why she is going to rehabilitation. She is a very young woman and the film industry seduces you and makes you think that the whole world has to be ready to go and bring you your cappuccino. When a girl is the one who is financially responsible for her household and earns more than her parents, they lose their authority over her. And if there isn’t anyone strong who can support her, she gets mixed-up. Lindsay is going to be alright, she is realizing that the whole world is not going to bring her cappuccinos. I believe that we are going to see another Lindsay soon.”

Trejo was a champion light weight and welter weight boxer. One day he received a call to counsel a cocaine addict and it turned out that this person was on the set of Runaway Train. When director Andrey Konchalovskiy  saw him, he hired him as an extra in a prison.

The actor was questioned about his opinion of action films and he said: “People always think that the young people are going to become more violent because they see action films. Each spectator should be responsible for what he sees. I think that they are sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is only a movie. I have always sought that the films I do be enjoyable, but with a message.”

"Machete is a film that addresses corruption and that is a very delicate theme at this time in the United States.”

The actor explained that given his physique, he gets called by directors who need real [macho looking] men. “No offense, but people like George Clooney or Brad Pitt could not match the profile of Machete.”

In concluding the talk, he added that Robert Rodríguez contracts him because he is so masculine looking. "Robert made this character for a man; what he has done is resignify physical appearance, the way that Salma (Hayek) did with Ugly Betty."