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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• ‘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.

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

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• I’m an old-fashioned guy.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I try to be as clear as I can be.

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• 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.

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Demián Bichir (27)

Birth:	1st August, 1963
Nationality:	Mexican
Profession:	Actor

About

Demián Bichir Nájera was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career starring in many Mexican telenovelas and films before achieving fame for his roles in Mexican films such as the record-breaking Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and Sin noticias de Dios. In the U.S., he is best known for his role as Detective Marco Ruiz in the FX drama television series The Bridge. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for A Better Life. His second acting role was as an adult in Vivir enamorada – both telenovelas were during his years with Televisa.

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• 1886 - Ronald Firbank
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