Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes
In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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Perhaps the best thing about biographies is that they enable us to slip the strictures of time and provide a bracing corrective to our tendency to see everything in the dark glass of our own era, with all its blind spots, motes, beams, and distortions.
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Since September 11, security has been increased everywhere, and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate, but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey, man, I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.
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We should set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step, and we can not let these problems hand on from generation to generation.
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It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.
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In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
