Diego Luna Quotes

Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.

- Diego Luna

London, Get, Last Time, Warmth

I'm always going to be working on my English, and I'm always going to work on my English so that I can do different characters from different nationalities.

- Diego Luna

Work, Always, Going, Different Characters

In Mexico, you need to be a bulldog to make a movie because everything is set up for you to go back home and get depressed and not do the movie.

- Diego Luna

Need, Movie, Set, Bulldog

We live in a classist, racist, homophobic society into which we are very assimilated, that's all. I'm not really proud about that.

- Diego Luna

Proud, Very, Which, Assimilated

Many times when you're a tourist you can just stay on the surface and not really experience the place you're visiting, which will probably leave you disappointed. Everywhere has something interesting; it's just about being curious enough to find it and scratch where you have to scratch and stay longer and walk further.

- Diego Luna

Experience, About, Visiting, Scratch

Being at a film festival reminds me of the power of film. The power that we have in our hands. Telling specific stories about personal matters can start the debate that is needed today, and that connect you with realities that you had no idea were connected.

- Diego Luna

Hands, Needed, Telling, Film Festival

My dad was a theater designer, and I spent a lot of time hanging around the dressing room listening to whatever the actors were listening to, which is where I heard Pink Floyd for the first time.

- Diego Luna

Pink, Around, Dad, Floyd

Every time I come to the States, I wish people would react to war like they react to tobacco, for example. Because war really kills in a second lots of people, thousands of people.

- Diego Luna

War, I Wish, Like, Tobacco

I started to work when I was really young. For me, friendship is work, and work is friendship. Those who are next to me and that have been there for a long time are those who can work with me, play football with me, and go watch a film with me.

- Diego Luna

Play, Next, Been, Play Football

I always thought of documentaries as films through which you find your voice as a narrator.

- Diego Luna

Through, Always, Which, Narrator

In a movie, you work three months to tell a story that happens in two hours. In a Mexican soap opera, you work one day to make a story that's an hour and a half. So you can see the difference in the quality of the project.

- Diego Luna

Opera, Movie, Half, Hour And A Half

What we have in Mexico and Latin America is a wide diversity of voices, but in Mexico, for example, we haven't been able to get a lot of the movies into theaters.

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Been, Voices, Wide, Theaters

We should be talking about celebrating our differences, understanding that those differences make us richer and stronger.

- Diego Luna

Stronger, Differences, Richer

Acting is about communicating, reacting, and sharing - and friendship is about all of those things, too.

- Diego Luna

Friendship, About, Too, Reacting

The first time I heard the Mars Volta, I had a feeling I was experiencing something that people must have felt when they first heard Led Zeppelin. They have the same kind of power.

- Diego Luna

Kind, Mars, Felt, Led Zeppelin

I hope we see more stories where the heroes are real heroes, real people that don't need weapons or super powers to change people's lives.

- Diego Luna

Real People, Stories, Lives, Weapons

I think film can change lives. Doing 'Milk' changed mine, for sure. When I see that someone like Harvey Milk changed his life and the lives of many others in just eight years, I feel powerful. I go out of the cinema saying, 'Maybe there's something I can do, too.'

- Diego Luna

Doing, Maybe, I Think, Changed

When I saw 'Incendios,' it changed the way I looked at my life... and my family. It was very strong. I believe that theater has that power.

- Diego Luna

Strong, My Life, Very, Changed

I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country, but why not Chavez?

- Diego Luna

Country, Always, Films, Why Not

In film, normally what happens is that not many people work more than once. Normally, it breaks couples. It doesn't make them.

- Diego Luna

Work, More, Breaks, Normally

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.

- Diego Luna

Big, More, Industry, Film Industry

I was raised an orphan... My mother died when I was 2 years old.

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Mother, Old, I Was Raised, Orphan

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.

- Diego Luna

Chance, Learn, University, Every Time

When I was a teenager, I went on an organised three-day tour of Rome. It was the worst experience ever. I promised myself that I would never travel like that again, with someone telling you what to see and what not to see.

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Rome, Telling, Organised, Teenager

To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.

- Diego Luna

Movies, Question, Set, Table

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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Think, Always, I Think, Table

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

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Beauty, Another, About, Sitting

When I was 12, I used to be the best friend of the most beautiful girls, but just the best friend. They would always come to me to cry about a guy who broke their heart, and I would just be sitting there thinking, 'I wish I was the guy and not the best friend.'

- Diego Luna

Best, Guy, About, Sitting

Acting is therapy. It keeps you in contact with your feelings.

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Therapy, Contact, Your, Feelings

We consumers have to send a message every day of what we want and what we don't.

- Diego Luna

Every Day, Want, Consumers, Send

Sadly, there are a lot of ignorant people that have access to a microphone.

- Diego Luna

Lot, Sadly, Ignorant People, Microphone

There's a reality that the market is changing, and the stories of the Latino community need to be out because there's a huge audience in need of films that would represent them.

- Diego Luna

Audience, Stories, Films, Represent

If your neighbor's reality changes, yours will change as well.

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Change, Changes, Will, Yours

With many things in life, you're there because there's a cute girl around that you want to go out with, and you end up finding magic. You end up not caring about the girl but wanting to stay there because of what you found. That happened with 'Amarcord' to me.

- Diego Luna

Magic, Wanting, About, Not Caring

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world.

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Change, Mirror, World, Change The World

I always liked Darth Vader. I remember, when I was a kid, I went to the toy store for the Darth Vader pencil case. I took that to school for years.

- Diego Luna

I Remember, Always, Took, Case

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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Strong, Old, Dad, Daddy

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

- Diego Luna

Play, Audience, Other, Every Night

Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.

- Diego Luna

Change, Start, Debate, Tool

Film is a tool of change.

- Diego Luna

Change, Film, Tool

As an actor, you are always someone else's tool. You can have a connection with them, and you can share their point of view, but ultimately, you are helping them reflect.

- Diego Luna

Point Of View, Always, Them, Tool

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

- Diego Luna

Chance, Enjoy, Having, Surprised

Since 'Y Tu Mama Tambien,' I started to spend a lot of time in the United States, and my son was born there.

- Diego Luna

Born, United, United States, Mama

Before 'Y Tu Mama,' I did 16 movies that only my family got to see because I invited them to the premiere.

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Invited, Before, Them, Mama

I'm a terrible dancer.

- Diego Luna

Dancer, Terrible

No makeup can substitute for faces that have actually been under the sun.

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Makeup, Been, Actually, Faces

I started tweeting with the first film I directed. I found it the best way to promote it and to connect to the audience, and since then, it's been very helpful.

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Very, Best Way, Directed, Helpful

My first son was born in Los Angeles; he's a Mexican-American.

- Diego Luna

Son, Los, Angeles, Los Angeles

When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.

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Always, Broke, Telling, Wishing

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

- Diego Luna

Process, Like, Rewarding, Directing

I was six when I started working in theater. I chose to be an adult before I should be.

- Diego Luna

Theater, Six, Before, Chose

The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.

- Diego Luna

Tell, Stories, About, Nice Thing

As producers, we choose who to work with and what films to get involved with. There's no rule, but it has to come from an honest place. It has to come from a necessity.

- Diego Luna

Work, Rule, Films, Producers

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.

- Diego Luna

Economies, Same Time, States, Strongest

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

Journey, Always, Everybody, Opening

I don't have this feeling like, 'Oh, I want to live in the United States and make movies and become famous just because the money is here.' I like to make movies that tell stories that I care about.

- Diego Luna

Tell, Here, United, I Care

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.

- Diego Luna

Conquer, Stories, Films, I Care

I would pretty much like to forget the music that happened to me between the ages of eight and 11, so I'm going to say the first album I bought was the special edition of 'Dark Side of the Moon.'

- Diego Luna

Music, Eight, Would, Edition

It's tough to say where I live. There are some bills that get to the house in L.A., some to the house in Mexico, and some to the house of my father - so I never lose track of those.

- Diego Luna

Father, Lose, Some, Bills

You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.

- Diego Luna

Voice, Everyone, Anybody, Disappoint

I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to connect, and our references, our role models had nothing to do with us. And I'm so glad that it's changing.

- Diego Luna

Country, Role, Telling, Role Models

I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

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Never, Always, Wanted, Player

I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

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Think, Emotions, Want, Cinema

You see Mexican cinema in festivals throughout the world, and you see Mexican directors getting recognized at Cannes, at the Oscars, in Berlin, but the question is, What is the end result of that in terms of the market? That's where it's lacking.

- Diego Luna

Question, Festivals, Cinema

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.

- Diego Luna

Love, However, Lives, Return

I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.

- Diego Luna

Young, Need, Types, Young Children

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.

- Diego Luna

Needed, Poorly, Providing, Instilling

It makes no sense that this country has 11 million workers feeding, building this country, making America what it is, and they don't share the same rights of those who are consuming the fruit of their labor.

- Diego Luna

Country, Making, No Sense, Million

Boxing is about hunger.

- Diego Luna

Boxing, About, Hunger

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.

- Diego Luna

Celebrate, Making, Allow, Consumers

I wish parents at the end would think a little bit about how everything we do affects the lives of our kids and defines who they're going to be.

- Diego Luna

Think, I Wish, Lives, Defines

When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.

- Diego Luna

Kid, Go, Store, Merchandising

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

- Diego Luna

Young, Now, Lot, Paid

Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.

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Should, Directors, Paid

I saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.

- Diego Luna

Late, New, Saw, I Came

I was the happiest kid ever, but I did choose to live around adults and today, now that I have a kid, I don't know if I would let him do it.

- Diego Luna

Kid, Choose, Happiest, Adult

There's a big debate in the U.S. about immigration reform. We need to reflect on who's feeding this country today, why this community has been ignored.

- Diego Luna

Big, Country, Ignored, Feeding

I wasn't a fan of boxing, I was a fan of Julio Cesar Chavez. All of Mexico stopped to watch his fights. Old, young, left, right and centre.

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Young, Fights, Stopped, Chavez

Julio Cesar Chavez is the most important sporting figure we have ever had.

- Diego Luna

Important, Most, Ever, Chavez

You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.

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About, Haunt, Artistic, Good Thing

Everyone is different, and so I don't want to repeat anyone else's career. I want to do mine.

- Diego Luna

Career, Everyone, Mine, Repeat

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

- Diego Luna

Think, Give, I Think, Raise

When we started CANANA, I wasn't married, so I guess I was married to the idea of CANANA.

- Diego Luna

Idea, Started, Guess, Married

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

- Diego Luna

Seeing, Stories, Characters, Empathize

Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.

- Diego Luna

Famous, Someone, TV, Everywhere

In Mexico, we call it 'terco': the guy who goes out every day, and every day they tell him no, and the next day he's there, and the next day he's there. That's the kind of people who make movies in Mexico.

- Diego Luna

Kind, Next, Goes, Mexico

There's a lot of freedom to do anything you want in Mexico. It's just that that freedom belongs to a few. It's a huge country with a big contrast. There is this big inequality, so those like us that have the chance to do things, we know we are very lucky.

- Diego Luna

Lucky, Big, Country, Mexico

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.

- Diego Luna

Away, United States, Fathers, Mexico

All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with responsibility. We have to live knowing that we're not the only ones here and you're affecting somebody else always.

- Diego Luna

Here, Always, Affect, Affecting

If we put our differences aside, we can do great things.

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Differences, Things, Aside, Great Things

My father became completely responsible for my education and for raising me.

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Education, Raising, Became, Responsible

I've always wanted to be a part of the 'Star Wars' world; the films were very important to me. All my older cousins were huge fans, and I wanted to belong to that community.

- Diego Luna

Always, Very, Films, Star Wars

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

- Diego Luna

Trust, Doing, Would, Conviction

You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.

- Diego Luna

Happy, Be Happy, Someone, Accept

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

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People, Very, Interact, Accept

I can sing 'Love Me Do,' very well.

- Diego Luna

Love, Me, Very, Sing

There is no success you can celebrate more than the success of a brother.

- Diego Luna

Success, Celebrate, More, Brother

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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Happy, Young, I Remember, Theatre

I want to see movies where I can relate to the guy.

- Diego Luna

Movies, Want, See, Relate

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

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World, Think, I Think, Directors

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

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Always, Films, Definitely, Issues

I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.

- Diego Luna

Start, Run, Away, Fights

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

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Vegas, Ever, Saw, Las Vegas

It's indifference and ignorance that stops people from doing the right thing.

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Ignorance, Doing, Indifference

Sometimes as a boy, you really want to feel older and mature.

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Want, Sometimes, Feel, Mature

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.

- Diego Luna

Born, United, United States, Border

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

- Diego Luna

Myself, Audience, Films, Communicate

My father had to play the role of mother and father.

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Mother, Play, Role, Mother And Father

Becoming a father is the biggest change you go through in life - at least that I've gone through in life.

- Diego Luna

Father, Through, Biggest, Becoming

For me, the relationship with my father is the most important thing that I have.

- Diego Luna

Important, Most, The Most Important

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