You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.

Everything had been done long before I started making movies. I mean, there's nothing that Godard hasn't already done. You can't do a single thing that Godard hasn't already thought of. And so you struggle to do something that is not predictable.

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.

What are the stories you want people to tell about you?

If you're not smart enough to know what Fidel meant during the Cuban revolution, that - when they were on the Granma - Fidel was already a rock star in Cuba, and how important that was to the indigenous population, then you're not paying attention.

Never had a cup of coffee in my life. Dr Pepper is my caffeine delivery system of choice.