"Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"Every decision that you make you have to be incredible congruent. It doesn't mean that you have to starve. If you need money, you do something that gives you money, that's normal. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"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. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I can say that a film that definitely changed me a lot was Coda Inconnu - Code Unknown - by Michael Haneke. It was a film that definitely made me want to work more - but not like too much, I mean like work more in the work I'm doing. Things like that. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I have had roles that challenge the church, but I hardly choose roles based on whether or not they have certain religious implications. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I mean, I think Dumbo changed me, a lot! " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I think in a sense seeing how films have changed me and seeing how fiction moves me more than facts in many ways, and I think that I can talk for many people that fiction moves us more than real life, it certainly helps us to set forth on this a journey of a utopia, which can never be achieved. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I think that films are very transparent in that sense and they really portray the journey that that society is going through. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"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. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"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? " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"The process of investigation with a character is so enjoyable; you can learn so much. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"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. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
"You prepare as much as you can, but it will always be only 30 percent. The rest is just the experience that you have to give to the character. " - Gael Garcia Bernal
