Walter Salles Quotes

I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you're from.

You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am.

Let's treasure our roots, even when we're far away.

My roots are documentaries.

My mother was from West Bromwich; my grandfather was Pakistani. I had an aunt who started trying to trace the family tree and stopped when she saw what turned up.

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.

I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign.

I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

I'm a first-generation Canadian.

Some of what I am doing when I am researching is looking for things people in my family have done and finding out what those things mean, why they did those things and seeing how I fit into them.

I understand people want to hold on to their roots.

My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.

I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny scot, see?

I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods.

From a purely ethnological point of view, I was not a period-born Dada.