'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life.

I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party.

For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.

If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.

Being human doesn't make us humans. Humanity is something else only a kind and loving heart can possess

When you are ready to be done with the day, praise yourself with love and kindness for the hard work and accomplishments made during the day.

Shakespeare's Iago could be played as a soul in hell, driven, dark and desperate, willing to do anything, willing to use anyone, in order to escape from that hell.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

You might be a redneck if you think people that send out graduation announcements are show-offs.

Success usually breeds a degree of hubris.

My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

I'm pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing.

I'm more into kind of real stories, psychological movies.