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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.
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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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No makeup can substitute for faces that have actually been under the sun.
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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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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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When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.
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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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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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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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Acting is about communicating, reacting, and sharing - and friendship is about all of those things, too.
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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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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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When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.
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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.
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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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I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.