I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

I just wanted to show the migrants as complex humans with flaws and weakness, with good and bad things, and show that they're parents and family men. I wanted to show them with everything, as they are.

I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education, food... The poverty is overwhelming. There are simply more important things to be attended to.

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.

I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.