That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.
Walter Salles

I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.
Walter Salles

The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories where I had complete freedom to evolve in the direction I wanted.
Walter Salles

I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times.
Walter Salles

So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
Walter Salles

The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
Walter Salles

But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
Walter Salles