In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government.

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Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if...

Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if...

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I...

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I...

I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their...

I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their...

Right now I don't know if I have dreamt about this or not. But when...

Right now I don't know if I have dreamt about this or not. But when...

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining....

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining....

With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic....

With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic....

I don't know if All About My Mother is my best film yet. I haven't...

I don't know if All About My Mother is my best film yet. I haven't...

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is...

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is...

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of...

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of...

The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted...

The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted...

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

Even people who work with me donÂ´t know who IÂ´m dating. I just donÂ´t talk...

Even people who work with me donÂ´t know who IÂ´m dating. I just donÂ´t talk...

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In...

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In...

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in...

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in...

The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika.

The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika.

The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film...

The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film...

I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for...

I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for...

It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing,...

It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing,...

I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently.

I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently.

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out...

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out...