Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a defined character, I feel like I can actually read the phone book and make it funny.

There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff.

I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.

I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

This is the story, this is your character, I have the sense of the landscape, I have the sense of the scene, I have all that stuff. But I'm also looking for something else to happen, an accident or something. You're focused on the story you intend to tell and then you have to have a peripheral net out to catch these accidents.

There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

If you know exactly what your character knows, it's a drama.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human stories with sports as a backdrop.

Comedy is similar to hockey... in only one way. You get a lot of credit for assists. So I try to serve whatever the intention is, be it the joke or the story or the scene or the moment or the kiss, even if it's not my joke or moment.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama.

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out.

There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.

I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

I do idiosyncratic dramedies.