In the '40s and '50s, Havana was the Paris of the Caribbean. Everyone was always well-dressed.

It's like 'Casablanca' in Havana.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

The poorest guy in Miami lives better than much of the power elite in Havana.

Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.

There's good movies and there's bad movies. The genres are never dead, it's just about how to apply them and articulate them and execute them - the story, the quality of the writing, the acting, the design elements, the directorial execution - all these things make it what it is.