Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes

• "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, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent."
• "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 something that gives you money, that's normal."
• "I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."
• "I can say that a film that definitely changed me a lot was Coda Inconnu - Code Unknown - by Michael Haneke. It was a film that definitely made me want to work more - but not like too much, I mean like work more in the work I'm doing. Things like that."
• "I have had roles that challenge the church, but I hardly choose roles based on whether or not they have certain religious implications."
• "I mean, I think Dumbo changed me, a lot!"
• "I think in a sense seeing how films have changed me and seeing how fiction moves me more than facts in many ways, and I think that I can talk for many people that fiction moves us more than real life, it certainly helps us to set forth on this a journey of a utopia, which can never be achieved."
• "I think that films are very transparent in that sense and they really portray the journey that that society is going through."
• "I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with."
• "In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money."
• "In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things."
• "In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education."
• "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 strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?"
• "The process of investigation with a character is so enjoyable; you can learn so much."
• "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 embracing it."
• "You prepare as much as you can, but it will always be only 30 percent. The rest is just the experience that you have to give to the character."
• "I'm just missing some condoms - I didn't find my size' [Amores Perros]"