“When you're shooting with long lenses, even if you're shooting a close...” — Emmanuel Lubezki Quote

“When you're shooting with long lenses, even if you're shooting a close-up, you feel the air, the distance between the camera and the subject.”

“I would love if film doesn't disappear, if we can have film forever so we would have all these brushes, all these possibilities available.”

“On 'Y Tu Mama Tambien,' we started exploring shots that are longer, where the camera is moving around the actors, and there are no cuts, and you feel like you're there.”

“Rod's always opening doors for me, but I usually tell him to walk through first. Otherwise, if we're at a restaurant and I'm in front, the paparazzi end up getting a big giant close-up of me, and then he's trailing behind, looking like my little child!”

“My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen.”

“Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.”