It depends. When it's the right scenario, it's just as stimulating and just as exciting for me. It's just a question of finding a piece of material that lights a fire under you.

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.

I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

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

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.