Yalitza Aparicio Quotes

Yalitza Aparicio

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 11, 1993

I believe acting and teaching are not so far apart. As a teacher, you educate. And films educate, too, but they do it in a massive way.

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In life, you have ups and downs, but you should never give up. You should always try to get ahead.

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I haven't really made plans for the future; I'm just enjoying the moment, going with the flow. I haven't really had time to mortify myself thinking about the future.

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Just because you are a woman doesn't mean you have to suffer more. We have to get that idea out of our heads.

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I realized that film can educate people of all ages in a far-reaching way.

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My skin - very Mexican, very Oaxaquenan, and very human, from the color of my land and the diversity of its colors.

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My sister sings, and in Mexico, we have these things called 'Casa de la Cultura,' which are specific places where they actually foster culture. They support people who want to do something in culture.

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I've never liked feeling closed in.

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I'm not the face of Mexico.

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I don't want my mum to be a domestic worker any more because it is so exhausting.

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I wanted to be like my mum: as strong as her. She was my role model.

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I don't think I am an actor, because I haven't studied to be an actress.

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After every screen test, my family would ask how it went, but I would just say that I didn't know.

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Sometimes, when I'm surrounded by a lot of people, I shake, I'm so nervous.

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I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher.

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People who know me cannot believe that I am here, because I am so shy.

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Yes, you can do it. You can dream about being on the cover of magazines; you can dream about being in a film.

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I never expected a camera was going to follow all of my moves, and that was surprising when I saw it for the first time.

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Certain stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can be actresses or be on the cover of magazines.

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For me, it has been very important to grow up knowing about my mom's work and that she was always, at every moment, supporting me and teaching me to have this strength.

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