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I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.

I've done about 15 movies and four television series in Mexico. My last two movies were the highest grossing in Mexican-cinema history - 'Nosotros los Nobles' and 'Instructions Not Included.'

You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases.

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.

I haven't done an international film for a long time.

I think the reason why a lot of the Spanish films do so well, and are so well done, is because the public really respects it and wants it.

Las Vegas, New Mexico has had a lot of great movies shot there.

In Mexico, there are good filmmakers, but they didn't always have the opportunity to show their work. But since 'Amores Perros,' many of these filmmakers had the opportunity to show their films, and they have a newfound energy for cinema.

I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios.