I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art.

I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else.

You shall love. Whether you like it or not.

As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."