I Make Movies For My Needs. My

All My Movies Have An Autobiographical Dimension, But That Is Indirectly, Through The Characters. In Fact I Am Behind Everything That Happens And That Is Said, But I Am Never Talking About Myself In First Person. Something In Me - Probably A Dislike Of Cheap Exhibitionism- Stops Me From Approaching A Project Too Autobiographically.

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

I Tried To Think About These Two Issues Very Freely. With Sex, I Think I Can Manage With That. With Death, This Is A More Difficult Theme For Me. I'm Not A Believer, Even Though I'm Baptized. I Don't Practice. I Don't Believe In God, So I Feel Very Alone Facing Death. What I Discovered Is That The Only Way To Recognize Death Is If You Are Part Of Life, If You Are Part Of Sexual Pleasure, If You Link It With Sexual Pleasure.

Hospitals Are Places That You Have To Stay In For A Long Time, Even If You Are A Visitor. Time Doesn't Seem To Pass In The Same Way In Hospitals As It Does In Other Places. Time Seems To Almost Not Exist In The Same Way As It Does In Other Places.

Whenever I Arrive On A Real Location, I Have To Move Around And Work Out What The Best Angles Are Going To Be.