I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception.

Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism.

Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema.

Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.

I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.