“In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.” Quote by Gael Garcia Bernal
“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.” WayDifferentDoneNextComedyFiguresDramaMindsetNext Day Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“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.” MenPlayCharacterCrossesGenderEvery Man Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“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.” LittlesEndsUseAmericaSpeakLanguageBitsLittle BitFavorsLimitationLatinLatin AmericaSpeak English Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?” KnowsMeanMadeCountryStatesUnitedHalfUnited StatesDrawsEncountersTexasTerritoryMexicoGeneralization Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.” WantGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema.” IfsGivingShowsAmericaFilmMy FamilyGive MeProducersCinemaLatinMexicoMamaLatin America Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.” KnowsMadeWantedFilmGroupsMexicoClique Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.” MenHandsLiteratureLuckyCoastScratchesYaleCoast Guard Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.” ThinkingCountryWaterAirTasteEnglandIslandsApplesSalt Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“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.” KnowsFirstsLittlesFeelingsBigsWould BeFilmSawsHugeFirst TimeImpactScreensBig ScreenCannes Author:Gael Garcia Bernal