I had a big problem working with stars, because they are too expensive and have too many demands. Their names help you raise the money to make the movie, but then they demand close-ups. They change things. You end up… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
What is an artistic picture? An artistic picture is very simple. The creator is not the producer. The creator is not the star. The creator is the director, the person who realizes the picture, like a poet, like an artist.… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
The only thing a master can teach is how to learn about yourself. There are no secrets. They are only techniques to waken yourself. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I have always thought that, of all the arts, the cinema is the most complete art. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
My writing routine is everyday I put a record on, the same one since 20 years. Then I burn a stick of incense, I… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
If you are great, 'El Topo' is a great picture. If you are limited, 'El Topo' is limited. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
'Santa Sangre' is the picture I love the best, myself, because 'El Topo' and 'The Holy Mountain' I made with my head, and 'Santa… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful, what do you think? In the morning I say, 'Ah, I am alive still!' All my friends die already. I am… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
One day I was sitting in my own pain, and suddenly all the pain and troubles of the world came to me. I received… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a moviemaker only, you know? When I can do a picture, I do. But I don't work like a… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
