I try to remind people, whether you have a growth manager or a value manager, you're going to go through cycles where you think you have a village idiot.

Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.

I love working with great actors.

It's easier making a smaller film like El Mariachi. There are no budget worries because there is no budget. There is no crew problem because there is no crew. And if you screw up, no one is around to see you screw up -- so it's no longer a screw up.

For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.

There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.

Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories.