How to pronounce “guite” in English

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Ruben, I would love that.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Yes.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: You know, it's been very interesting.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And that's what fueled me starting out.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: I'm super excited.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: So I grew up in Mexico City till I was nine.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: So imagine-- my wife and I joke that we were pregnant for three years.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Well, I think what they meant was the projects were about being Mexican.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Imagine-- before this came out, a lot of the executives who were very supportive started being honest with me going,

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Wow, that's amazing.

phases of-- JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Oh yeah, absolutely.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: This isn't the place.

JORGE R. GUITERREZ: So here's what happened.

Of course. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Right?

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Warriors defending bandits-- I mean, warriors defending farmers from bandits.

Exactly. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: The culture is the canvas.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Can you make something for the world?

Yes. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Because we're used to that, and we're used to seeing visions from everywhere.

I love that. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: It is your fault.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: So for me, "Maya" was, let's pretend this is a movie that existed somewhere.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And then we started getting all the-- we got messages from Africa, all over Europe, from Asia.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And then I got home, and I told my dad.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: It was shocking to read the accounts, and to see some of the paintings, and babies being thrown in the air.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And then I'd see it in graffiti, I see it in murals.

That's good. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And I'm like, no, no, my grandma's recipe is really good.

This is it! JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Yeah, the spirits flew through the Earth, crossed the border with no visas, and then out of my mouth

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: You need the same amount of sets.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: The executive I talked to said, yeah, that sounds amazing.

Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And I look at my phone, and it's my manager.

Hell yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: And that was it.

Yeah, yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: It's all, let's exploit their pain type of content.

Yeah, me either. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: But that show has shown me-- wow, what a privilege I get to see into that world.

So you get the real inflection, you get the real flavor of what it means to really-- JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Oh, absolutely.

It's impossible. Yeah. JORGE R. GUITERREZ: Right?