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.

I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.

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 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.

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

I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in my life named Cachao - a Cuban musician, composer, arranger, and creator of the Mambo. The integrity of the journey is what's important - how you conduct yourself in the process. That's what Cachao was always about. He had great integrity, great dignity, was very humble, and dedicated to his art.

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