Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.

I really believe there is the possibility of something great that can happen in the right hands.

No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me.

I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie business, to direct TV shows or commercials or infomercials for the government.

I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.

What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians?

You can write a whole fiction, and you're talking to people who have gone through that, in real life. But the truth of it is that when you're talking to those people, you don't care about your movie anymore. You just want to hear about what they have gone through. You want all of the details. It's amazing.