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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.
Diego Luna -
I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country, but why not Chavez?
Diego Luna
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I started to work when I was really young. For me, friendship is work, and work is friendship. Those who are next to me and that have been there for a long time are those who can work with me, play football with me, and go watch a film with me.
Diego Luna -
As consumers, we are making choices,and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.
Diego Luna -
Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.
Diego Luna -
When we started CANANA, I wasn't married, so I guess I was married to the idea of CANANA.
Diego Luna -
I'm a terrible dancer.
Diego Luna -
I wish parents at the end would think a little bit about how everything we do affects the lives of our kids and defines who they're going to be.
Diego Luna
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I hope we see more stories where the heroes are real heroes, real people that don't need weapons or super powers to change people's lives.
Diego Luna -
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.
Diego Luna -
You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.
Diego Luna -
I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.
Diego Luna -
In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.
Diego Luna -
To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.
Diego Luna
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Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.
Diego Luna -
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.
Diego Luna -
When you make a film, it's because it's important to you, it means something to you.
Diego Luna -
I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.
Diego Luna -
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.'
Diego Luna -
When I was 12, I used to be the best friend of the most beautiful girls, but just the best friend. They would always come to me to cry about a guy who broke their heart, and I would just be sitting there thinking, 'I wish I was the guy and not the best friend.'
Diego Luna
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We live in a classist, racist, homophobic society into which we are very assimilated, that's all. I'm not really proud about that.
Diego Luna -
You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.
Diego Luna -
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.
Diego Luna -
I saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.
Diego Luna