We are the only alive creatures that are mortals; the animals are immortal, which is why they live stupidly. We are the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their… — 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
Directing non-actors is difficult. Directing actors in a foreign language is even more difficult. Directing non-actors in a language that you yourself… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I understand Sean Penn. He has every right to look for El Chapo. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The emotions of the actors are better when they understand the chronological factors that are adding to the story. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I can't understand the conditions of a corporate product being designed and getting millions. I admire it, it's great, but I don't… — 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
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
Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share
I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share
I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share
For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share
