Diego Luna Quotes
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My dad was a theater designer, and I spent a lot of time hanging around the dressing room listening to whatever the actors were listening to, which is where I heard Pink Floyd for the first time.
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If we put our differences aside, we can do great things.
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I'm a terrible dancer.
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You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.
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You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.
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'Abel' is about the father I don't want to be and the boy I used to be.
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With many things in life, you're there because there's a cute girl around that you want to go out with, and you end up finding magic. You end up not caring about the girl but wanting to stay there because of what you found. That happened with 'Amarcord' to me.
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I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.
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When I saw 'Incendios,' it changed the way I looked at my life... and my family. It was very strong. I believe that theater has that power.
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The first fight I ever saw live was the first Castillo-Corrales match in Las Vegas in 2005.
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If your neighbor's reality changes, yours will change as well.
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When we started CANANA, I wasn't married, so I guess I was married to the idea of CANANA.
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I saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.
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I connect much more with theatre actors than with cinema actors - insofar as you can speak of 'cinema actors' in Mexico, because there isn't a big film industry.
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For me, the relationship with my father is the most important thing that I have.
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There's a reality that the market is changing, and the stories of the Latino community need to be out because there's a huge audience in need of films that would represent them.
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My mother died when I was two years old; that's why I have so many daddy issues. And that's why my relationship with my dad is so strong.
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To me, war is so far from something I understand.
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When you make a film, it's because it's important to you, it means something to you.
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Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.
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To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.
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Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.
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I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.
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You see Mexican cinema in festivals throughout the world, and you see Mexican directors getting recognized at Cannes, at the Oscars, in Berlin, but the question is, What is the end result of that in terms of the market? That's where it's lacking.