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
Gael Garcia Bernal quotes about
completed country draw half states united
Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?
jobs school kids
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.
dream talking people
Talking about food is like talking about your dreams. Everyone has something to say. We all have to eat, it's just what we eat which differs. Some people eat for fuel and I feel bad for them.
love-relationship
A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in.
drama laughing ends
I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?
mexican encounters definitions
When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos.
drama next-day done
In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the next day. In dramas, it's very different - the mindset that you're in.
latin speak-english america
In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.
character men play
We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.
character ideas creating
I love rehearsals and I love creating a character, sticking with it until you have something to tell. It's always different though. Sometimes a director will tell you from day one what they want. Then you throw in your idea.
mexico groups film
I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.
broken tea four
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
jobs acting way
In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.
cities festivals documentary-films
We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It's really original. It's called Ambulante, and it's a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico.