You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

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.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

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

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

The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal of all basic human rights.

If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.