Diego Luna Quotes

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Diego Luna

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 29, 1979

As an actor, you have to believe in the point of view of a director; as a director, you have to be able to express what your point of view is and invite everybody to join you on that journey. So it's always about opening up.

Diego Luna

I would say doing film is all about trust and conviction. It's about believing in an idea.

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Boxing is about hunger.

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The first fight I ever saw live was the first Castillo-Corrales match in Las Vegas in 2005.

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When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.

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I connect much more with theatre actors than with cinema actors - insofar as you can speak of 'cinema actors' in Mexico, because there isn't a big film industry.

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I don't make films for myself; I make them in order to communicate with an audience.

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Mexico is where I fell in love for the first time; it's where my family lives... so however much I travel, I inevitably return there.

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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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As consumers, we are making choices,and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.

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My mother died when I was two years old; that's why I have so many daddy issues. And that's why my relationship with my dad is so strong.

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Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.

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Film is a tool of change.

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I've gone across that border many times. My son was born in the United States; he is also a Mexican-American with the two passports.

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California is one of the strongest states with one of the solidest economies but, at the same time, ignores the reality of its farm workers.

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In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.

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The life of Cesar Chavez is a story that must be told. He was a man who dedicated his life to accomplishing change in a community that really needed it. He helped a community that was being poorly treated by instilling confidence and providing them with dignity.

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I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

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I try to always bring topics to the table that matter, topics that I think need to be discussed and reflected on.

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I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

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