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
In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The most beautiful thing that I learned, I learned from my kids. They were eight and ten - and they were playing… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Americans easily forget that the air they breathe is the same as those in Europe or Africa or Asia; it's the same… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
What good is making a jewel if nobody see it? But cost depends on the story. To get those performances in 'Biutiful,'… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I was about to turn 50, I went into a kind of personal revision and observed my own priorities and what… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt… — 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