Mexico City is very different now than when I grew up, but I was in the streets all the time - though I was born to a middle-class neighborhood where there weren't a lot of gangs and things. I was always comfortable.

I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing something, I say, "This is great! This is fantastic! Very genius!" And 20 minutes later, I feel like a dead jellyfish. "You are a stupid a**hole. This is a piece of sh*t. Nobody will care about it."

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

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

All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.