I Don't Want The Director

Even Though I Love My Mother, I Didn't Want To Make An Idealized Portrait Of Her. I'm Fascinated More By Her Defects - They Are Funnier Than Her Other Qualities.

I Think That There Is Always A Part Of Utopia In Any Romantic Relationship.

As A Woman, She [penelope Cruz] Obviously Has Changed As She Has Become An Adult. But, As An Actress, I Actually Might Say That She Has Not Changed That Much. And She Has Something Great, Especially In Comedy, And She Hasn't Been Exploited As Much As She Could Be In Comedy, But Particularly In That Mix Between Comedy And Drama. She's Got A Very Special Quality About Her. You Can Place Her In Very Extreme Situations, Especially Very Painful Situations, In Terms Of How Her Character Interprets It. And Sometimes, The Deeper And More Human That Pain Is, The Better She Is At It.

When I Make A Film, I Never Stop Uncovering Mysteries, Making Discoveries. When I'm Writing, Filming, Editing, Even Doing Promotional Work, I Discover New Things About The Film, About Myself, And About Others. That Is What I'm Subconsciously Looking For When Shooting A Film: To Glimpse The Enigmas Of Life, Even If I Don't Resolve Them, But At Least To Uncover Them. Cinema Is Curiosity In The Most Intense Meaning Of The Word.

When I Was Very Young, I Was Already A Fabulador. I Loved To Give My Own Version Of Stories That Everybody Already Knew. When I Got Out Of A Movie With My Sisters, I Retold Them The Whole Story. In General They Liked My Version Better Than The One They Had Seen.