Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

I remember going to Taiwan for the first time and... I didn't realize that everyone looked like me here and what that'd feel like.

I wish more Americans would travel here. I always encourage my friends: 'Travel. See the Middle East. There's so much to see, so many good people.' And it's vice versa, and it helps stop problems of misunderstanding and stereotypes from happening.

I'm Nigerian. I'm African. I have a lot to say. Apart from what I say, though, is the feeling. People can relate to that feeling. It's a reciprocal relationship. They feed off me and I feed off them.

Culture in general is important, and people's identify is tied up in it. It's how we connect with others.

When people love you for your cultural contributions, geographical boundaries become nonexistent.

When people ask me where my roots are, I look down at my feet, and I see the roots of my soul grasping the earth. They are here... in the Southwest... I still live in New Mexico.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

My mum and dad were speaking all the time about, 'In Sudan we do this,' and 'In Egypt we do that,' so I was very aware of cultural differences. I was confused growing up; it gave me a feeling of being an outsider watching others. But I think this is good for a writer.

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place.

Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests.

When I was in South Africa, I went for dinner with some friends, and I knew more about their history than they did - it just hasn't been told.

Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.