The reality is that I feel that fear is a very spiritual emotion.

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.

If we have a choice in how we die, I would say that's a privilege. I think we have a sort of prudish approach to death in the West, though certainly not in Mexico. In Mexico, it's a little bit freer. We're not so precious about it.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

I think that is the ultimate cowardice, when someone makes your choices for you in an institutional way. And you just say, "Well, I have no other option."

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.