Diego Luna Quotes
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It makes no sense that this country has 11 million workers feeding, building this country, making America what it is, and they don't share the same rights of those who are consuming the fruit of their labor.
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I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.
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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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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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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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Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.
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If your neighbor's reality changes, yours will change as well.
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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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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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I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.
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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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You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.
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Most people are living a life they don't like. They go to work where they don't want to work.
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You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.
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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.
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I think film can change lives. Doing 'Milk' changed mine, for sure. When I see that someone like Harvey Milk changed his life and the lives of many others in just eight years, I feel powerful. I go out of the cinema saying, 'Maybe there's something I can do, too.'
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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 didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.
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I wasn't a fan of boxing, I was a fan of Julio Cesar Chavez. All of Mexico stopped to watch his fights. Old, young, left, right and centre.
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You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.
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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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For me, the relationship with my father is the most important thing that I have.
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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 saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.