“In all of my movies I've tried to address the need for man - not just Cubans - to have a dream and to fight for that dream, even when he doesn't achieve it. It's a form of happiness.” MenNeedsDreamFormFightingAchieveAddressesCuban Author:Fernando Perez
“The Cuban public is hugely cinephile. It's a shame that most of the movie theaters are so deteriorated. The sense of spectacle has been lost a little, but even so, people continue to go.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensLostTheaterShameCubanMovie Theater Author:Fernando Perez
“Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.” EnergyAudienceSpecialNegativeCubanExpressive Author:Fernando Perez
“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.” RealityDifficultSeparationFilmmaker80sCubaCubanEmigration Author:Fernando Perez
“It's often pointed out that in Cuban cinema there are too many comedies, but a sense of humor is so much part of the Cuban idiosyncrasy. Curiously, the films that have been censored the most have been humorous.” Has BeensFilmComedyHumorousCinemaSense Of HumorCubanCensoredIdiosyncrasies Author:Fernando Perez
“Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.” ThinkingGivingJokesCharacteristicsCuban Author:Fernando Perez
