Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm an intense person.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think musically.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

3D is the way we experience life.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Who cares about my opinions?

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I respect every religion.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have a bad reputation, I guess.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have fantastic ideas.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I love Eric Clapton.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

'Ikiru' is existential but with a lot of tenderness.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I'm an intense person. My own vision of life has always been heavy.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Writing is not an unknown territory for me.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When you taste a mango in the United States, it's just tasteless.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

We have lost the taste for the real.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Yes, I am a Mexican, and I have a past and a culture. But what matters is the film itself, not where…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.'

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

If I had been at an assembly line for films, I don't know if I would be the best driver. I think…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I like the possibility of failure. I don't want to be in a comfortable zone.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy. That's the comedy that I like.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Trump doesn't know it yet, but he will become one of the guys that he hates very soon. Soon he will be…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It's famous that comedians have a very dark personal state of mind. I think, in my case, it's the same. The only…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The demographic complexity of this country should be reflected not only at the end of the chain, but since the beginning, in…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Very little is known about Hugh Glass as a real guy that existed 200 years ago, except that he was attacked by…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I understand when there's no money for the arts in the government, but it should maybe pressure private companies to support more…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Actually, when I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time,…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Two words guided the making of 'Babel' for me: 'dignity' and 'compassion.' These things are normally forgotten in the making of a…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

We are the only alive creatures that are mortals; the animals are immortal, which is why they live stupidly. We are the…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror in prestigious film…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I want the camerawork to fit the narrative and tell the story from the point of view of the character, but sometimes,…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu