I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
'Babel' is about the point of view of others. It literally includes points of views as experienced from the other side. It… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Mexico City is very different now than when I grew up, but I was in the streets all the time - though… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
We have always existed in different forms - carbon, oxygen, water, heat. Maybe Heaven is this brief period when the elements realize… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Every time that I'm challenged with a film I think that I haven't learned anything, that every film is different and that… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
At a very young age, I was influenced enormously by Julio Cortazar or Carlos Fuentes. In that literature, there's always an exploration… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
'21 Grams' is only one story told by three different points of view, but they are really physically connected - literally, with… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I've never done a period piece or a comedy, and that could be something truly different for me. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Time starts out as a notion. But after you turn fifty, time is not a notion anymore but a fact that you start feeling… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think bad movies are made around the world, not just in Hollywood. There are as many bad art films in the whole world… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar and Borges… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I made commercials for corporations like Volkswagen and Coca-Cola, but I was always the one to write them, too, which was a very good… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
![“How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I can't understand how they can be joking with me 30 seconds before, and 40 seconds later they're giving me all this incredible feeling.” quote by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b2/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-12_actors_how-can-actors-learn-their-lines-and-be_48733.jpg)
