In 2004, Diego backed out from acting in the film Goal!, where football players David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane were going to act because it was a different story that the one they had proposed him to do.
Diego: I'm a terrible dancer. I need to be really drunk and see a beautiful girl over there. It was a way of getting close to a girl without having to speak because always, whenever I opened my mouth, they would leave. So, dancing was a chance to keep them close.
(about the ideal woman)Diego: Someone who surprises me, someone who makes me laugh, and someone who has her own life and wants to share that with me. I hate those relationships where someone is just following the other person around.
(about Hollywood)Diego: This is the place where they make the most movies and I want to work here. But I don't have this feeling like, oh, I want to live in the United States and make movies and become famous just because the money is here. I like to make movies that tell stories that I care about. I wish some day that a movie like Y Tu Mama could be made in America.