It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there.

Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood.

Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?

We all have a cross-gender character: Every woman has a man that they can play, and every man has a woman that they can play.

Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.

Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?

I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.