Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I understand Sean Penn. He has every right to look for El Chapo.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When you get to the holidays, if you think that the holidays will be forever, you just take it for granted. But,…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Irony became the head that bit its tail and then there is no way out.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I can't imagine David Lean justifying why he went to the desert to shoot 'Lawrence of Arabia.'

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have always been very wary of what would happen when I die. I feel I would die every day, and that…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Now that we're poisoned with the culture of superheroes, I think it's important to laugh about it.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I leave the story room to grow into what the movie is driving me to do.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Sometimes reading scripts is terrible.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I personally think that you have to get lost to find something really worthwhile, at least sometimes.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Everyone's terrified of being mediocre. Everyone wants to be special.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

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

While 'Babel' is a foreign-language film in some countries, in others, it is a local film.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

We have always existed in different forms - carbon, oxygen, water, heat. Maybe Heaven is this brief period when the elements realize…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu