I feel that we have, as Mexicans, two things: one, a natural distrust of institutions. I hate organised religion, I hate organised politics, I hate the idea of the military and the police. Because we grew up distrusting all these sacred institutions, the only thing you have left is a vague, national sense of impending doom. Why do we drink and how are we so merry? Because we know that pretty soon, our time's up. There is a sense of fatality that makes us pretty chirpy people. You try to live. The only reason that dying is important is that it gives life sense.

My life is a suitcase. I am the traveling Mexican.

Normally a period movie has a lot of problems with the graphics. They look modern made.

There is beautiful in the grotesque.

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's better to feel free within any budget.