282 Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

if you want to be understood ...Listen.

We need to see ourselves projected in other members of our species to, in turn, understand ourselves. Cinema, is that mirror. It is a bridge between the others and us.

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party.

If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy. That's the comedy that I like.

In 'A Confession,' Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years.

Many Mexican directors are scared to shoot in Mexico City, which is why there are many stories in Mexican cinema about little rural towns, or set a hundred years ago.

When we are looking for validation, that will never satisfy us. When we are looking for affection, for love, a little bit of that will be enough to be complete.

My kid will come home from seeing the latest 'Transformers' movie, and I'll ask him, 'How was it?' 'Amazing!' 'What was it about?' 'I don't know, but it was amazing!'

I don't know if I have a career or not, or where it ends or it begins. I have been working, doing what I do for a long time. But my creative process has always been so tortuous.