Immigration and travel certainly don't mean the same thing everywhere. Here in Cuba, the big wall isn't just the fact that it's an island, but the fact that we need an exit permit in order to leave, and the letters… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
I think that this necessity to travel, to see, it's part of human nature. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
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… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
In all of my movies I've tried to address the need for man - not just Cubans - to have a dream and to… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth.… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was incredibly difficult.… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
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… — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
Trips are part of humanity. Emigration is a part of humanity. And it's ever more dynamic due to globalization. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it. — Fernando Perez Copy Share Image
