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Gregory Nava Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“I may not be streetwise and all that, but at least I’m not that dumb!”
— Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Selena
Tagged: streetwise, explanation
“Diego Rivera: Thank you.

Frida Kahlo: For what?

Diego Rivera: For making a fat, old, crazy communist a happy man.”
— Frida Kahlo, Frida
Tagged: Thank You, fat, Old, Communist, Happy
“We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It’s exhausting!”
— Abraham Quintanilla, Selena
Tagged: Identity, Crossover, Mexican, American, exhausting
“Diego Rivera: You know, I don't believe in God...but I thank him every day that he kept you safe for me.

Frida Kahlo: Oh really?... I tell you he's got a lot of explaining to do.”
— Frida Kahlo, Frida
Tagged: God, prayer, atheism
“[Chris eats pizza with hot sauce]

Selena Quintanilla: Now you have to try some of mine.

Chris Perez: I don’t eat pepperoni, too hot.”
— Abraham Quintanilla, Selena
Tagged: Hot sauce, Pepperoni
“Diego Rivera: Is fidelity that important to you?

Frida Kahlo: Loyalty is important to me. Can you be loyal?”
— Frida Kahlo, Frida
Tagged: Fidelity, Loyalty, Cheating
“Frida Kahlo: I love a man with melones that are bigger than mine.

Diego Rivera: And I love a woman with cojones.”
— Frida Kahlo, Frida
Tagged: Melones, cojones, boobs, balls
“Abraham Quintanilla: You were out there wearing a bra!

Selena Quintanilla: It’s not a bra!

Abraham Quintanilla: It’s a bra with little sprinkly things on it!”
— Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Selena
Tagged: bra, sprinkly
“[after Selena’s death, sobs on the phone with a gun to her head] I can’t put the gun down! Because I’m ashamed of what I’ve done! I don’t deserve to live! Look at what I’ve done to my best friend! I want to talk to my mother!”
— Yolanda Saldívar, Selena
Tagged: Regret, Remorse, Murder, Best friend
“Selena Quintanilla: [their elopement has been heard on the radio and Chris tries to turn to the Corpus Christi entrance] Don’t go to Corpus, go the other way!

Chris Perez: Where are we gonna go, Alaska?

Selena Quintanilla: Anywhere but Corpus!”
— Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Selena
Tagged: eloping, Corpus Christi, Alaska
“They say never trust a limping dog or the tears of a woman.”
— Frida Kahlo, Frida
Tagged: Crocodile Tears, manipulation
“I'd rather have an intelligent enemy than a stupid friend.”
— David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida
Tagged: Enemy, Friend
“Marcela Quintanilla: [Abraham is upset about Selena’s ‘Top Outfit’] It’s a bustier!

Abraham Quintanilla: Bustiquela? Es un bra!

Marcela Quintanilla: I think she looks cute.”
— Abraham Quintanilla, Selena
Tagged: Bustier, bra
“Abie Quintanilla: What’s Dad gonna say?

Selena Quintanilla: [imitating Abraham] I don’t believe this, son! What were you thinking?

[scene switches]

Abraham Quintanilla: I don’t believe this, son! What were you thinking of? Who’s that laughing? Is that Selena? Listen, where are you?”
— Abraham Quintanilla, Selena
Tagged: Prophecy, Father/Son
“Selena Quintanilla: I’ve been thinking about the crossover tour a lot. I’ve even had dreams about it. It’s just this whole different world for us, you know? We’ve been working for this ever since we were kids. I guess I’m a little scared...[whispers]...Are they gonna love me, Mama?

Marcela Quintanilla: Yes, Mija, they’re gonna love you.”
— Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Selena
Tagged: Crossover
“Selena Quintanilla: [on Chris] I love him. And he loves me, too.

Abraham Quintanilla: Of course he does! You’re young, you’re beautiful, and you’re rich!

Selena Quintanilla: Hey, dad, what was so important you had to drag me over here?

Abraham: Aye, Selena we have a problem. And I don’t know where to start. It’s Yolanda.

Selena Quintanilla: What?

Abraham: We started to get complaints from fans who had sent money to the fan club and had received nothing. Not a picture, nada. Then I found out she had a problem with her previous employer.

Selena Quintanilla: Well what kind of problem? Because you know Yolanda. She wouldn’t do that.

Abraham: Money problems. We didn’t find out about it because they had settled it out of court. But I went to the records at some of the fan clubs to find these checks. They’re very suspicious to me.

[Selena looks at the checks]

Abraham: And what’s worse, is that a lot of the records are missing. Selena, I’m worried. She’s been handling a lot of business in the boutiques.

Selena Quintanilla: [unnerved] I know.”
— Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Selena
Tagged: Money, Business, Embezzlement
“Abraham: No female has ever made it and now you’re number one. You cracked the Tejano market wide open. You walked into Mexico and they don’t even accept Mexican-Americans and they love you, and now?

Selena Quintanilla: And now...gringos. Disney World!

Abraham: You remember?

Selena Quintanilla: Uh-huh.

Abraham: And all the barriers that have stopped people before...and you went through them like they didn’t exist. Maybe for you they don’t exist. I love you, and I’m very proud of you.”
— Abraham Quintanilla, Selena
Tagged: Tejano, Mexican-American, Disney Women, Gringos
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