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.

I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.

I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of course, they did.

When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.

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

Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience.

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.