I asked the producers when I was doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' if they could give me a VHS recording of the film that I could show to my family, because in Mexico and Latin America, when you do a film, you don't expect anybody to see it, especially not in the cinema.

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

I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.

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

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.

I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations.

I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.