Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes

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• We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy…
• 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 universe.…
• You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and…
• Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing…
• Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
• In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four…
• Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very…
• I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.
• 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 do…
• Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not,…
• Films, fiction, can encompass a whole global vision on a particular subject with any story, whatever it is. You can play the story in whatever…
• 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, 'What…
• Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.
• Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic…
• In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if youre a theater actor its very difficult to make a living. But its also a very beautiful…
• I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.
• A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone especial, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you…
• Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed…
• When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You…
• I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people…

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