It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

Be careful of those who work so hard to turn you into a victim of the societal pressure they have fallen victims of.

In the midst of the apparent diversity of human affairs, a certain number of primary facts may be discovered, from which all others are derived.

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.

It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.

The person in power takes up the most space.

When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.

All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us.