Yalitza Aparicio Quotes

"In life, you have ups and downs, but you should never give up. You should always try to get ahead."

"Yes, you can do it. You can dream about being on the cover of magazines; you can dream about being in a film."

"It shouldn't matter what you're into, how you look - you can achieve whatever you aspire to."

"Just because you are a woman doesn't mean you have to suffer more. We have to get that idea out of our heads."

"My skin - very Mexican, very Oaxaquenan, and very human, from the color of my land and the diversity of its colors."

"My name means 'sunrise of life.'"

"I wanted to be like my mum: as strong as her. She was my role model."

"I don't want my mum to be a domestic worker any more because it is so exhausting."

"I realized that film can educate people of all ages in a far-reaching way."

"I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher."

"I have not decided if I want to be a teacher or an actor, because I like both of them."

"Never, never in my life did I have it in my mind to become an actress or be part of a film."

"I don't think I am an actor, because I haven't studied to be an actress."

"People who know me cannot believe that I am here, because I am so shy."

"Sometimes, when I'm surrounded by a lot of people, I shake, I'm so nervous."

"I never expected a camera was going to follow all of my moves, and that was surprising when I saw it for the first time."

"After every screen test, my family would ask how it went, but I would just say that I didn't know."