Even Though I Love My Mother, I

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 Am Partly Not Conscious Of Structure With My Movies, But This Is When I Am Writing. I Leave My Mind Very Free, And Then I Correct It After.

I Don't Want The Director To Have To Make Any Decisions Except To Say "action" And "cut."

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.

Cinema Has Become My Life. I Dont Mean A Parallel World, I Mean My Life Itself. I Sometimes Have The Impression That The Daily Reality Is Simply There To Provide Material For My Next Film.