My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I really didn't want to become branded as 'that multistructural guy.' — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When you live in a city, as I do, where violence is really in the streets, and people die every day, there's… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When you have something that is bothering you, and then you articulate, take the time to really express it and see it… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
People talk about the pain of defeat, but I think defeat has a lot of value. I think the wound of victory… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. After 40 years old, if… — 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
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