My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.

I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.

I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.

I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.

I'm a fan of Ernest Hemingway work and specifically The Old Man and the Sea. I researched the relationship he had with the captain of his boat for 20 years, Gregorio Fuentes, and that inspired me to write a screenplay about it.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.