I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations. Gael Garcia Bernal More Quotes by Gael Garcia Bernal More Quotes From Gael Garcia Bernal I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays. Gael Garcia Bernal ends would-be play I think in a sense seeing how films have changed me and seeing how fiction moves me more than facts in many ways, and I think that I can talk for many people that fiction moves us more than real life, it certainly helps us to set forth on this a journey of a utopia, which can never be achieved. Gael Garcia Bernal real moving thinking Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood. Gael Garcia Bernal sea people thinking It's not easy to act, but to direct to act. It goes form one place to the next. It's not heading for the punchline, and also it's not about scoring goals. It's about passing the ball, and the goals will come by themselves. Gael Garcia Bernal balls next goal I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?' Gael Garcia Bernal ends drama laughing Films, fiction, can encompass a whole global vision on a particular subject with any story, whatever it is. You can play the story in whatever country with whatever language in whatever style you want to tell the story in. Gael Garcia Bernal style play country Every decision that you make you have to be incredible congruent. It doesn't mean that you have to starve. If you need money, you do something that gives you money, that's normal. Gael Garcia Bernal decision giving mean In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken. Gael Garcia Bernal broken tea add When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos. Gael Garcia Bernal encounters mexican definitions It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. Gael Garcia Bernal mexico common people Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing. Gael Garcia Bernal directors firsts Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols. Gael Garcia Bernal publicity becoming democracy I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling. Gael Garcia Bernal impact would-be feelings In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up. Gael Garcia Bernal acting flesh jobs The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die. Gael Garcia Bernal film together rooms It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies. Gael Garcia Bernal united-states movie independent In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the next day. In dramas, it's very different - the mindset that you're in. Gael Garcia Bernal next-day different drama We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play. Gael Garcia Bernal play character men In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America. Gael Garcia Bernal speak-english latin america Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it. Gael Garcia Bernal perspective real giving
