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
I love Sam Mendes, but I went to see 'Spectre' with my kid, and the opening scene of the Dia de Muertos… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive. — 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
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
Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Many Mexican directors are scared to shoot in Mexico City, which is why there are many stories in Mexican cinema about little… — 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 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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