Gael Garcia Bernal

I think since I was in drama school, I wanted to direct in the theatre. When you are an actor, you just…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In general, I hate films that are overtly either very masculine or very feminine, you know? The same way that I don't…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

— Gael Garcia Bernal

It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I was pretty excited to meet Cate Blanchett. She's great, she's amazing, I think she's one of the most beautiful women in…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English.…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

— Gael Garcia Bernal

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico,…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

The concept of monogamy is an inheritance of a medieval time, when family would carry the tradition of the name and certain…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more…

— Gael Garcia Bernal