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

I thought the tooth fairy was a very creepy concept as a kid. "Put your tooth under the pillow." I was like "Why does someone want my teeth?".

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.

Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

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

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