For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it.

I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.

I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.

Maybe next year the government might impose some immigration rules on the academy. Two Mexicans in a row is suspicious. [On Mexican immigrants in the US] I hope they can be treated with respect of the ones who came before and built this incredible immigrant nation.

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.