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To make a movie about someone who is thinking and writing is scary. There's no big love story, no action, no drama. It's not an easy task. ”
We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us. ”
You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that's when I got interested in learning to play the guitar. ”
Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie. ”
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience. ”
I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm. ”
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. ”
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. ”
Jazz is the art of thinking out loud. ”
Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change. ”