Diego Luna Quotes

I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy.

You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

In Hollywood, I'm lucky, I only do big movies like 'Blade.' It's much more comfortable: you have a trailer.

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

It all started with my father's directorial debut, 'En Raasavin Manasile,' which starred Raj Kiran sir as the lead.

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.

I've done a lot of movies, but my favorite was 'Blind Faith.'

Yes, and it's my third movie with Richard. American Gigolo was my first.

It's funny because when I got 'Jarhead' and 'Avatar' and all those movies, 'Leprechaun' still to this day airs on BET. I was thinking, 'Will they just let it go? I finally have a body of work that can speak much better to what I can do than just Leprechaun.'

My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'

I act probably a lot more than you see. I happen to choose movies that don't have much of a life, or I choose movies that are shown on cable instead of as features.

I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.

The reality is that every movie is a new business. Nobody says, 'Hey, let's go down to the Pantages Theater, I hear a Warner Brothers picture is playing there.' Or, 'Let's go to this theater, I hear the film came in on budget.' It'd be ridiculous.

Actually, I went from doing a lot of movies early on in my career, then to doing TV, and I don't know whether we'll get back to some movies or not.

I had a small part in 'Pineapple Express.'

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97.

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I do big parts, I do small parts, I do cameos - but I've allowed myself a pat on the back, because I realized that I've been working in Hollywood now since 1973.

Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

'Badmaash Company' and 'Delhi Belly' was about friends, and I was part of the gang. And yes, they did have stars playing the lead! You do need a star to sell a film; and playing the second lead doesn't bother me.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.