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

I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling.

When confronted with a clear definition of what it is to be Mexican, we encounter ourselves in a never ending allegory of mixes and chaos.

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

The collective experience of watching a great film together in a room is a transcendent moment that will never die.

In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.

A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.