There's nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away with great revelations in….

I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and need….

For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it..

The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely o….

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician..

All people know that they will die, but they don't actually believe it..

Every time that I'm challenged with a film I think that I haven't learned anything, that every film is different and that every thing that I have lea….

I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects of the form rather th….

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life..

I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I reali….

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things..

When people laugh and applaud as characters are killing each other, and you never see the body that's lying there, or you never see the family that s….

I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse people, so all the information….

Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want..

I never deny a true experience in one shot..

As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell any story you want - I'm not calling f….

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation..

My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you sick. It's true that violence is in our….

In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing s….

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party..

Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to get anything you wa….