I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.

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• Walter Salles:

  I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times.

• Walter Salles:

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

• Walter Salles:

  It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to t

• Walter Salles:

  My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to c

• Walter Salles:

  No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.

• Walter Salles:

  On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

• Walter Salles:

  So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialo

• Walter Salles:

  So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.

• Walter Salles:

  So when I was very young, I longed for Brazil.

• Walter Salles:

  That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you underst