The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do.

I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it.

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.

There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was incredibly difficult. I'm not the only one interested in this as a filmmaker - other Cuban filmmakers have dealt with it, too, because it's such a part of our reality.

What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.

Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.

Trips are part of humanity. Emigration is a part of humanity. And it's ever more dynamic due to globalization.