I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.

Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are.

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 listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I think if the movie has resonance and stimulates the viewer to talk about it, you can have as large an audience as you want. The most important thing for me is that the movie exists. And that's success enough already.