Diego Luna Quotes
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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We should be talking about celebrating our differences, understanding that those differences make us richer and stronger.
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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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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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You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.
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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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Everyone is different, and so I don't want to repeat anyone else's career. I want to do mine.
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I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care about, stories that I like.
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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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Sadly, there are a lot of ignorant people that have access to a microphone.
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My first son was born in Los Angeles; he's a Mexican-American.
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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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I would say doing film is all about trust and conviction. It's about believing in an idea.
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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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Acting is therapy. It keeps you in contact with your feelings.
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When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.