To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.
My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.
As a Third World citizen, I always feel that I need to express my point of view. Sometimes the points of view of Third World countries are never expressed. We don't have that possibility, sometimes, to spread what we feel and how we see things.
While 'Babel' is a foreign-language film in some countries, in others, it is a local film.