Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The way films establish the order of scenes is very artificial. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I leave the story room to grow into what the movie is driving me to do. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The expected vertical line of Ikiru's narrative breaks when Kurosawa does a flash-forward in the middle of the film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised when some director says, 'When I saw this film, that changed my life.' I don't have that. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
You have to make millions on Friday night, because there are another 600 films waiting behind you, with explosions and everything. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The problem with the screenplay is that it's not literature, and it's not a film. It's a very weird, technical kind of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education,… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
What good is making a jewel if nobody see it? But cost depends on the story. To get those performances in 'Biutiful,'… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
'Biutiful' is a tough film. It doesn't make concessions to the vulgarity of light entertainment. It's not the kind of film that… — 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
When you do a film in a foreign language, you know there's a cost in it, that you know, unfortunately, the audiences… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do.… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
If the audience, in minute 50, is thinking about the way a movie is shot, there's a problem. I want it to… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Movies started out as an extension of a magic trick, so making a spectacle is part of the game. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think… — 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… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I can't imagine David Lean justifying why he went to the desert to shoot 'Lawrence of Arabia.' — 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… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
While 'Babel' is a foreign-language film in some countries, in others, it is a local film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
'Russian Ark,' I adore - I almost cried at the end of that film, it's so beautiful. — 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
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