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
When your show keeps coming back, year after year, you have a responsibility because your fans know your show sometimes better than you do. You can't play games with them. You have to be really focused and concentrated, and play at your best in every department. The writing staff has to be fantastic. Our director line-up has to be great. Everything has to be better and better. Your fans keep track of the details.
When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.
The immigration issue is about the separation of families, and that is not human, in any country in the world, but especially in the United States. We should not root for a law that separates families.
I believe in characters that can be tangible, and that you can actually relate to.
Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of.
When I don't know what to do with a character, that's when I say yes to it. When it's far away from the way I am, the way I feel or the way I think, that's when it's more attractive.
It would be sad if my best work had been 20 years ago and now I only had memories.
'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.