I don't think of an actor. I think in the character, and then I search for the actor. Usually I'm thinking without… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I want to liberate my imagination and my mind with every kind of movie. That is what I wanted to do all… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I didn't want to make cinema so a person forgets himself and has a lot of fun. 'I forget myself, I am… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
The imagination wants to construct the new worlds, no? Creativity is a solution. If I ask you, "What is your goal in… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I have an ambition to live 300 years. I will not live 300 years. Maybe I will live one year more. But… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
My ideal audience is on the young side, eager to mutate and move to a higher level of consciousness. I want my… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I don't want to just love my family; I want to love all of humanity. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous.… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
In Mexico, when we want to speak deep secrets, we drink pulgue together. It is a drink made from the cactus plant,… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Today a picture has value if it makes a lot of money. Myself, I declare I want to make a picture to… — 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… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
In movies, images cost - if you want a big image, it takes more money. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I never wanted to study art. And I don't think you need to study art if you are an artist. It's even… — 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
