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

For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.

I'm a movement Nazi. It used to be my way before. Now, in the last three projects. I found a way to let the actors find their comfort and still find the precision in the show. It's a change in me.

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I'll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.

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."