The way films establish the order of scenes is very artificial. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think when you turn 50 you get a little melancholic in a way. — 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… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
If the audience, in minute 50, is thinking about the way a movie is shot, there's a problem. I want it to… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I learned there are ways to approach life. You can never change the events, but you can change the way you approach… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Irony became the head that bit its tail and then there is no way out. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work. — 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
I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has… — 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
Time starts out as a notion. But after you turn fifty, time is not a notion anymore but a fact that you… — 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
The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
It's famous that comedians have a very dark personal state of mind. I think, in my case, it's the same. The only… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
For me, it is especially important to maintain my interior life. My spirituality, my connectedness. That is the way I think. That… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you… — 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
I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I think intelligence basically can be in a way defined by the possibility of having two opposite ideas living together and at… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When you are shooting in a conventional way, you put nets around yourself. It's very hard to fall and hit the ground.… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Actually, when I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
To shoot a conventional film means that you are always covering yourself. You are putting nets and, in a way, letting bad… — 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… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I… — 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
