I Was Born At A Bad Time

If I Had Not Been Successful As A Director, Then I'm Sure I Would Still Be Telling Stories. I Would Have Continued On 16mm Or Found A Different Medium Through Which To Tell Them. Maybe They Would Have Been Less Glamorous Than Films, But I Would Continue To Tell Stories.

I Was Always Storytelling, Since I Was A Child. I Remember Myself At 10 Years Old Telling Stories To My Sisters And Brother. This Is Something I Did Through My Adolescence And Even Through My Twenties.

I Was Born At A Bad Time For Spain, But A Really Good One For Cinema.

I'm A Very Dull Passenger. I Don't Speak. I Don't Have Sex. No Alcohol. I Don't Do Drugs. The Thing That I Like About Flying Is That I Feel Like I Can Really Concentrate. I Used To Write Many Things, And Many Ideas For My Movies Belong To This Moment Where I'm Not Anywhere Specifically In Terms Of Time And Space And Geography. I Am Suspended, And This Suspension Fits Me Very Well.

Both Sex And Death Are Eternal Themes. You Could Make Thousands Of Movies On This Theme, And Whether You Have A Human Being Who Is Painting, Singing, Making A Film, Writing, These Are The Themes That You Will Come Back To And Return To. If You Don't Have Any Of These Artistic Expressions, Sex Is One Of The Only Gifts That Nature Gave You For Free, So It Is Very Important To Celebrate It. And Then, With Death, We Are Condemned To That. This Is Absolutely Present In Our Lives.