When you put on the glasses in a 3-D movie they just kind of sit there and you forget about them.

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

People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S.

It's such a drag to make a movie.

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.

Hollywood wants to own everything. I don't want to own anything. I don't want people just to make content, I want to empower and teach them to create content they own that they can exploit in any medium.

If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the garage until your fingers bleed. I always say that - the same with writing and the same with filmmaking - if it's really your passion, you've just got to stick with it and do it.