We love those beautiful, Latin American stories where there is an element that's more mysterious and wonderful. I think as a child a lot of us love the idea of the star and more of the supernatural elements.

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash.

Sometimes, a scene goes on too long and, with this being a suspense story and murder mystery that you're trying to discover through her heightened paranoia, you don't want scenes that take you on a tangent. Sometimes, you love those scenes, but you know that it's better not to be in the overall film. So, I'm not sad that they're not in the main movie, but I do think it's fun for people to get to watch them, if they want to.

Some of the best stuff in all my movies has been improv.

I was told 50 percent of the population gets cancer. Everybody is going to be affected.

People are more likely to help other people who look exactly like them. They will hang out at the bar and on the golf course with them.

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.