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.

I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.

In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.

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.

A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone especial, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don't have to give up the chance to love.

Bringing a baby into the world is not like grilling enchiladas. It's a difficult thing.

Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.

I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.

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.

A love relationship has always been shaped by the context and times we live in.

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.

Individuality and creativity are slowly dampened by a normal job with normal people.

There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment.

A life without a positive purpose is nothing but a destiny placed on hold.

God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments outraged.

Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.

I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject roles based on how often I've done them.

It is historically true that a large proportion of infidels in all ages have been persons of distinguished integrity and honor.

Shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake. If you are not making any mistakes, you are not learning or growing

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.