A biography for Diego Lunahasn’t been written yet.
“As an actor, you have to believe in the point of view of a director; as a director, you have to be able to express what your point of view is and invite everybody to join you on that journey. So it's always about opening up.”
“Film can be a tool for change; it can start a debate.”
“I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.”
“I was the happiest kid ever, but I did choose to live around adults and today, now that I have a kid, I don't know if I would let him do it.”
“I always wondered why there weren't any films about Cesar Chavez. There are movies about other civil rights leaders in this country, but why not Chavez?”
“I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.”
“The first time I heard the Mars Volta, I had a feeling I was experiencing something that people must have felt when they first heard Led Zeppelin. They have the same kind of power.”
“You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.”
“To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.”
“I wish parents at the end would think a little bit about how everything we do affects the lives of our kids and defines who they're going to be.”
“The nice thing about my job is that it allows me to look deeper into issues and then tell stories with that information.”
“I saw 'A New Hope' on my Vidamax because I came a little late to the party.”
“For me, the relationship with my father is the most important thing that I have.”
“I can sing 'Love Me Do,' very well.”
“When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.”
“You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.”
“I don't make films for myself; I make them in order to communicate with an audience.”
“All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with responsibility. We have to live knowing that we're not the only ones here and you're affecting somebody else always.”
“Before 'Y Tu Mama,' I did 16 movies that only my family got to see because I invited them to the premiere.”
“When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.”