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" I knew early on that I was a nerd and that films were my refuge. Those first few minutes before the lights went off, and you're alone in the theater waiting, were really pleasurable. "

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" 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R. "

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" Once I finish a film, I don't ever see it again. Never ever. I have never seen any of my films since I finished them. "

" I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie business, to direct TV shows or commercials or infomercials for the government. "

" I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I'm really thankful for my journey. And it's a journey I didn't design. "

" I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st century is going with all this blind faith in democracy. And by the way, I am not against democracy - I am against the blind faith that is being put in democracy. "

" Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s. "

" I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again. "

" I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors. "

" The two real leads in 'Children of Men' are Clive Owen and the social environment. You know, this same movie without the social environment maybe is just like a generic chase movie. "

" The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one. "

" I learned there's an amazing unexplored territory in terms of narrative. Before, I thought the unexplored territory was the form, the way you shoot a movie. Now, I'm learning about the beautiful marriage between form and narrative. "

" It's a cliche, but Americans are puritanical. In their movies, they are scared of sex, but they overindulge in violence. I could have cut a G-rated version of 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' that would have pleased the American ratings board, but it would have been five minutes long. "

" There are fewer established rules in the way you tell a story for commercials than in features. It's a great little short story you get to play with. "

" It's seldom that you find great moments in television. Usually you remember - in 'Breaking Bad' or any of these other great shows - you remember situations or characters. Not moments. But I have to say, I can make the same argument for mainstream movies, which have bad narratives and also no memorable moments. "

" I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one. "

" When you work with kids, people tell you to be very delicate, but that's the last thing you should do with kids. They feel patronized if you're like that. They just want you to be normal. "

" In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity. "

" If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.' "

" What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians? "

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" When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to be filled by an ideology... Hope and faith are so connected. Now, when ideology connects with faith, the ideology becomes an item of faith, not a point of discussion. "

" I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me. "

" I was not aware of how much I loved 'Canoa' until I saw it after doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and realized that my voice - over about the story's historical context - that narrator - came from 'Canoa'. "

" I produce the way I would love to be produced: In ways to create the best conditions to make your movie, but also to create a space in which the director calls the shots. "

" I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. "