Instead of being with my family, I was spending a lot of time trying to start all over again, from zero, in another country. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I went back to Mexico and said, ‘I’m gonna do my own stuff.’ So, I did my movie that I was trying to do for many, many years, called ‘Instructions Not Included.’ Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
The first time I came here to the U.S. to start a career, it was in 2002 or 2003. Since then, it’s been so, so hard. Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
I’ve wanted to come to the U.S. since I was 8 years old. Every single year, my mom and I watched the Oscars. I always told her, ‘I want to do that when I grow up. I want to tell stories; I want to be an actor and director.’ Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
I wanted to be a dramatic actor. I never realized I was funny until I was 20-something. Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
Pantelion and Televisa can reach my core fan base better than anyone, and with the distribution expertise and brand recognition of Lionsgate, I know we can build on the crossover audience that we began to reach with ‘Instructions.’ Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
There are two worlds here in the U.S., especially here in Los Angeles. All the Latinos have watched my shows for 30 years, but Americans haven’t seen them. So I am living in this world where I am a huge star for part of the population and a nobody to the other part. Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
This country was founded by immigrants… I don’t see Mr. Trump looking like an Apache, so all of us, we are immigrants. Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
I’ve learned that you never have to think about how to make money. You need only to focus on what you think is going to be a good movie or what’s a movie I’d like to watch as the audience. Eugenio Derbez Read Quote
