The year that Real Women Have Curves came out, we were doing the festival circuit at the same time that Y tu mamá también was doing the festival circuit. I remember being so blown away by the film for so many reasons: that Mexican filmmakers were thought of as auteurs, that [it had a] performance and story that was not about identity.

I went to LaGuardia. I’m passionate about The Master the way I’m passionate about The Night of the Hunter the way I’m passionate about Army of Shadows the way I’m passionate about Y Tu Mamá También.