Theatre Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

11 Theatre quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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Alejandro González Iñárritu’s eleven short statements provide a filmmaker’s take on the stage. He highlights the raw immediacy of live drama, the emotional intensity of performance, and the shared humanity that theater nurtures.

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Directing non-actors is difficult. Directing actors in a foreign language is even more difficult. Directing non-actors in a language that you yourself…

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I have never directed anything for the stage. I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very…

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In families you can find the source of every human drama. It is interesting because the cell of a society, the cell…

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For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth,…

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I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very scary experience to direct live, being so vulnerable…

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The emotions of the actors are better when they understand the chronological factors that are adding to the story.

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The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The…

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Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their…

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I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time,…

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How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry…

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To direct actors is difficult. To direct actors in another language is more difficult, but directing non-actors in another language is one…

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Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

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I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing.

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I think bad movies are made around the world, not just in Hollywood. There are as many bad art films in the whole world…

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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…

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3D is the way we experience life.

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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…

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I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

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It's very healthy to be aware of your ego.

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I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it.

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I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.

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