What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.

The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do.

I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it.

In all of my movies I've tried to address the need for man - not just Cubans - to have a dream and to fight for that dream, even when he doesn't achieve it. It's a form of happiness.

Immigration and travel certainly don't mean the same thing everywhere. Here in Cuba, the big wall isn't just the fact that it's an island, but the fact that we need an exit permit in order to leave, and the letters of invitation in order to visit another country.

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.

Trips are part of humanity. Emigration is a part of humanity. And it's ever more dynamic due to globalization.