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.

It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways.

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.

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.

In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.

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.

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.