I ask of cinema what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs.

One does not go to the theater to escape from himself, but to reestablish contact with the mystery that we all are.

Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.

It's very difficult to live with religious ideas. I can't compare religion to the movies. I can fuse them.

You need to fight in order to count. Don't be afraid to believe the impossible and then fight with yourself to ameliorate yourself. Do it. Believe in yourself. Let a good seed be a good seed now, and then we'll have a good tree.

I grew up in the north of Chile, and this is why there are a lot of religious symbols in my pictures, because the Catholic Church in Latin America is very strong. If I was born in Japan, I would speak about Buddhism, but I was born in South America.

Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the same as the others. That is to be normal.