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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.