Demian Bichir Quotes

I was lucky that audiences in Mexico liked my work. I was even luckier when I got to do movies and plays with my brothers.

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.

One wants to think that – and this is really a stupid thought – that through your art or whatever you do as an actor you can actually affect someone else’s lives and thoughts or whatever.

I don’t hide or play stupid games.

I don’t believe in bad and good, I believe we are all a mix of both.

We all have that capacity, to be two things. And after all I was named for both the devil and the angel. Demonio y angel. Dem-y-an.

Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of.

I hope people can stop believing everything politicians say about Mexico and the United States, and the problems that we share.

I’m an old-fashioned guy.

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.

We have a demon, we have an angel inside, within our souls, and you just play with it, and sometimes the evil part of you wins the battle, in a very important decision, or in a bedtime, with your lover. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

You don’t need tons of money to create art. You do need tons of money to be a part of show business. They are two different things.

As an actor, you know when you’ve got great material in front of you. When you’re working, you think, ‘Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?’ You pray that you have told the story well… that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.

I believe in creative work.

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.

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.

I try to be as clear as I can be.

The real secret to guacamole is that you use exactly the elements that you need, which is cilantro, onion, tomato, and jalapenos. And, of course, avocado.

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.

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don’t really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She’s so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

I believe in characters that can be tangible, and that you can actually relate to.

It would be sad if my best work had been 20 years ago and now I only had memories.

There’s good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can’t really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.

I left my parents’ home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

If you think about portraying Americans, for example, in a Russian film, it all depends on where the American is from, if they went to school or not, and if they’re well-educated or not. Is it an American from Texas, or an American from Brooklyn? Things would change with the vocabulary and the accent.

My two brothers and I grew up in the theater, going everywhere with my parents when they performed.

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.

When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don’t think about Oscars. But it’s really flattering. Please, bring it on!

There is a film called ‘A Separation.’ If you see it playing, go see it. It’s beautiful. It’s so well written and the acting is amazing. It’s one of those films that you would love to be a part of.

When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.