It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?

People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'

A lot of people who have immigrated into the United States don't necessarily have bank accounts.

I think because there are real Indian and Pakistani constituencies in the United States , we'll wind up with money for earthquake relief that may be somewhat above the norm for these kinds of forgotten disasters. I think donors still have some spare change in their pockets.

unless the president of the United States is coming to town to hand over federal money to the governor to help us solve our problems, I don't see why the governor would allow himself to be distracted with the president's fundraising trip.