Demian Bichir
Demian Bichir
Demián Bichir Nájera is a Mexican actor, from a well-known family of Mexican actors, the Bichir family, which include his parents Alejandro Bichir and Maricruz Nájera and his brothers Odiseo Bichir and Bruno Bichir. He began his acting career starring in many Mexican telenovelas and films before achieving fame for roles in Mexican films, such as the record-breaking Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and Sin noticias de Dios. In the U.S., he played Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX drama television...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 August 1963
CityMexico City, Mexico
CountryMexico
A lot of the things that I've learned in the past have been from dear friends. Rodriguez's favorite line is "Fácil!" Easy! He makes things easy. He doesn't complicate his life. He's obsessed with perfection, but he makes it easy, and that's pretty much the way I work as an actor.
As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.
There are some actors that are so gifted, that move you in such a way that every time you see their names again, you go and pay another ticket because you want to have that experience again.
I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.
When I met Quentin [Tarantino], he told me what every actor wishes from any director. He said, "I've been through a Demián Bichir marathon. I've watched everything you've done." Most of the time, they don't even know what you've done.
It's a really, really hard life when you don't have a document that actually gives you a name and a face.
Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of.
Can you imagine saying 'Hi' to Sam Jackson and he goes and gives you a hug? It's like being hugged by a lion.
I'm an actor who's accustomed to bringing a lot of stuff to the table, and you have to be ready because some of them will be accepted and some of them will be rejected. Then you need a generous, free, fearless, loving director like Tarantino to allow you to take those risks.
I open my eyes and my ears, and that's why I work.
Don't complicate whatever is not complicated.
I am defined also by Woody Allen's films and Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch and Julian Schnabel or Almodóvar, or by Guillermo del Toro, Iñárritu, Cuarón. Even if we haven't worked with them, we are all defined by their filmography.
A lot of people love Tarantino's films because they're spectacular, they're beautiful, they're wonderful. He hires the best group of artists - not only actors, but everyone around: best photographers, best set designers, best production designers, costume designers. A lot of people love his films because they're bloody, they're gory, they're savage. But very few people see that he's a very political director.
One of my dreams is to become sufficiently famous that I can play this charity match that happens every year or two with celebrities at Old Trafford, at the house of Manchester United.