It doesnt matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith.

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.

I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.