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California is one of the strongest states with one of the solidest economies but, at the same time, ignores the reality of its farm workers. ”
Since 'Y Tu Mama Tambien,' I started to spend a lot of time in the United States, and my son was born there. ”
My dad was a theater designer, and I spent a lot of time hanging around the dressing room listening to whatever the actors were listening to, which is where I heard Pink Floyd for the first time. ”
The first time I heard the Mars Volta, I had a feeling I was experiencing something that people must have felt when they first heard Led Zeppelin. They have the same kind of power. ”
Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places. ”
Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen. ”
Every time I come to the States, I wish people would react to war like they react to tobacco, for example. Because war really kills in a second lots of people, thousands of people. ”
You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline. ”
As producers, we choose who to work with and what films to get involved with. There's no rule, but it has to come from an honest place. It has to come from a necessity. ”
I'm always going to be working on my English, and I'm always going to work on my English so that I can do different characters from different nationalities. ”