Gael Garcia Bernal
Gael Garcia Bernal
Gael García Bernalis a Mexican film actor, director, and producer. He founded Canana Films in Mexico City. His is mostly known for his performances in the films Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries and Babel. In 2016, Time Magazine named him in the annual Time 100 most influential people list...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth30 November 1978
CountryMexico
strong sleep knowing
Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?
real giving perspective
Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.
spiritual football catalyst-for-change
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
country thinking apples
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.
play would-be ends
I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.
mexico found parts-of-life
In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things.
movie independent united-states
It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
together rooms film
The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die.
love-is interesting challenges
My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.
people mexican actors
I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
play motorcycle diaries
You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
people mexico common
It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there.
pay done crime
To be absolved, especially if you commit a crime, there is no absolution, you must pay. But for forgiveness, with God or nature, you have to accept what you've done.
beautiful mean thinking
I was pretty excited to meet Cate Blanchett. She's great, she's amazing, I think she's one of the most beautiful women in the universe. And I mean the universe, not the world.