Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Yalitza Aparicio

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican actress and preschool teacher. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On 4 October 2019 she was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples.

Mexican - Actress | Born: December 11, 1993

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

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I'm not the face of Mexico.

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

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

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

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Employers tend to forget that the people who are working for them are also suffering. They also have problems. They also are facing issues.

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For me, it has been very important to grow up knowing about my mom's work and that she was always, at every moment, supporting me and teaching me to have this strength.

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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.

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I haven't really made plans for the future; I'm just enjoying the moment, going with the flow. I haven't really had time to mortify myself thinking about the future.

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Certain stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can be actresses or be on the cover of magazines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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My sister sings, and in Mexico, we have these things called 'Casa de la Cultura,' which are specific places where they actually foster culture. They support people who want to do something in culture.

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I believe acting and teaching are not so far apart. As a teacher, you educate. And films educate, too, but they do it in a massive way.

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

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

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I've never liked feeling closed in.

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My name means 'sunrise of life.'

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

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Politicians make a lot of promises when they are campaigning, and they come to towns, and people get enthusiastic about them coming to their communities. And then they don't fulfill the promises.

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

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It wasn't something that I really wanted or had dreamed about. Because of your socioeconomic status or your culture, you think you can't aspire to be an actress, and to participate in this medium, that sounds like a fantasy.

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

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Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Yalitza Aparicio

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