Actor Quotes by Gael Garcia Bernal

8 Actor quotes by Gael Garcia Bernal

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Gael Garcia Bernal offers eight succinct reflections on the actor’s role, revealing his passionate, culturally aware approach to performance.

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In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if youre a theater actor its very difficult to make a living. But its also…

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My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it…

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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of…

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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever…

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My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.

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I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other…

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As actors, we don't shy away from saying, 'I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to meet girls.' Directors cannot…

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In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work,…

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I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged…

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I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.

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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like,…

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I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.

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There's no such thing as a specific authenticity to what Mexico is, because Mexico is incredibly complex and varied, and the food is completely…

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I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to…

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I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw…

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Every decision that you make you have to be incredible congruent. It doesn't mean that you have to starve. If you need money, you…

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My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very…

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A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in.

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I grew up with a lot of exiles from Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia - I grew up with them, and I gained…

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Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a…

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The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die.

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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the…

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