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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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When I was a teenager, I went on an organised three-day tour of Rome. It was the worst experience ever. I promised myself that I would never travel like that again, with someone telling you what to see and what not to see.
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I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.
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No makeup can substitute for faces that have actually been under the sun.
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Sometimes as a boy, you really want to feel older and mature.
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Julio Cesar Chavez is the most important sporting figure we have ever had.
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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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It's tough to say where I live. There are some bills that get to the house in L.A., some to the house in Mexico, and some to the house of my father - so I never lose track of those.
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I was six when I started working in theater. I chose to be an adult before I should be.
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The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.
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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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When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.
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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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When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.
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I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.
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I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to connect, and our references, our role models had nothing to do with us. And I'm so glad that it's changing.
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I started tweeting with the first film I directed. I found it the best way to promote it and to connect to the audience, and since then, it's been very helpful.
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Acting is about communicating, reacting, and sharing - and friendship is about all of those things, too.
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All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with responsibility. We have to live knowing that we're not the only ones here and you're affecting somebody else always.