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

I tried to think about these two issues very freely. With sex, I think I can manage with that. With death, this is a more difficult theme for me. I'm not a believer, even though I'm baptized. I don't practice. I don't believe in God, so I feel very alone facing death. What I discovered is that the only way to recognize death is if you are part of life, if you are part of sexual pleasure, if you link it with sexual pleasure.

A dead love never dies.

When I was young I thought: when I am 60 my necessities will be very different. As I get near that age, I realise they are similar to what they were when I was 25.

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.

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

There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and make-up which attracts me.