I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an amazing actor's director, based on the performances that I saw in his movies.

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.

[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there.' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother.'

Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it.

Many people out there don't have a choice, in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by.

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.

You shall love. Whether you like it or not.