Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working is very unusual. — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
The problem is that I work in more than one genre. It's impossible for me to aim for a single one because, for me, comedy is mixed with tragedy. That's very Spanish, the way in which comedy and tragedy are… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Cinema has become my life. I dont mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Even people who work with me don´t know who I´m dating. I just don´t talk about it so that I won´t implicate others. Just… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I'm more interested to show the darkest places of myself, and I don't joke about it. — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk. — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
La Mancha is a very macho, chauvinistic society. I saw very clearly that my life had to be in Madrid, and I liberated myself… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In fact I am behind everything that happens and that… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
