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

When I see a short schedule, my question to the director is, are you really comfortable with this, or are you doing it to be a good boy? At the end, you only win the medal if the film is good, you don't win a medal if the movie is on time.

There are a lot of period movies where they say, 'This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.' And it's done in like a 1950s or 60s style.

What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating since the Age of Reason. I think the downfall of imagination as a genre or as a perception starts with the Age of Reason, which says everything else that came before us, all those superstitions, all those myths, are childish.

Producing is great because you learn.

The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7.

Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.