I don't have a very high opinion of men, without doubt it is because I am one. Men and women live on two planets. I find it even bizarre that we can coexist.

I was above all drawn to the opportunity to intimately portray female characters. Up until then my films revolved around male characters plunged into conflict and war,

I call it Bosnian minimalism. I was somehow thinking of the Roman comedies where it all happens in the square.

Since the idea was first introduced to me, I married, I became a father, and the subject appeared different to me. I discovered new centers of interest.

If you have any doubt that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names

There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States.