Gael Garcia Bernal quotes

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor, director, and producer known for his roles in both Spanish and international cinema. His performances in films such as "Amores Perros," "Y Tu Mamá También," and "The Motorcycle Diaries" have earned him critical acclaim. He is also celebrated for his contributions to independent film and social activism. Here are 39 of his quotes:

I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance. (Gael Garcia Bernal)
In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money. View quote
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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing. View quote
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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 universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups. View quote
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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 a publicity show. We're becoming symbols. View quote
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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 is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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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 do something that gives you money, that's normal. View quote
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I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time. View quote
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I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema. (Gael Garcia Bernal)
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 to a very specific group, a clique. View quote
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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 generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know? View quote
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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 have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with. View quote
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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 witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match. View quote
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken. View quote
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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 it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling. View quote
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I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. View quote
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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 on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it. View quote
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The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die. View quote
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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 a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education. (Gael Garcia Bernal)
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 diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood. View quote
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We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play. View quote
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In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America. View quote
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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 faith. If people respect that, then great. View quote
Gael Garcia Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal - Image
Photo: Festival Ambulante, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Mexican Actor
Born: November 30, 1978
Quotes count: 39