Diego Luna Quotes
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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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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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As an actor, you are always someone else's tool. You can have a connection with them, and you can share their point of view, but ultimately, you are helping them reflect.
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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.
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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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We should be talking about celebrating our differences, understanding that those differences make us richer and stronger.
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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 always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.
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The life of Cesar Chavez is a story that must be told. He was a man who dedicated his life to accomplishing change in a community that really needed it. He helped a community that was being poorly treated by instilling confidence and providing them with dignity.
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Since 'Y Tu Mama Tambien,' I started to spend a lot of time in the United States, and my son was born there.
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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.'
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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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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.
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You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.
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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.
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Sadly, there are a lot of ignorant people that have access to a microphone.
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In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.
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There's a lot of freedom to do anything you want in Mexico. It's just that that freedom belongs to a few. It's a huge country with a big contrast. There is this big inequality, so those like us that have the chance to do things, we know we are very lucky.
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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.
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My first son was born in Los Angeles; he's a Mexican-American.
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Boxing is about hunger.
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Acting is about communicating, reacting, and sharing - and friendship is about all of those things, too.
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I would say doing film is all about trust and conviction. It's about believing in an idea.