for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

The only thing you can do as an artist is to come to the world, see what no one is doing, and leave behind one or two things that wouldn’t have happened without you.

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

If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers do, it is a very delicate craft, interpersonal relationship, and being able to enrapture a very small audience.

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.