282 Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Ultimately, with every film I'd done before, there was a reference. They have their own uniqueness, but there was always a precedent.

I realized - and I am probably the last person in the world to realize this - that we live our lives with no editing.

'Biutiful' is a tough film. It doesn't make concessions to the vulgarity of light entertainment. It's not the kind of film that you see every day in the Cineplex. But as an artist, it's the thing that I needed to do.

I really didn't want to become branded as 'that multistructural guy.'

Directing non-actors is difficult. Directing actors in a foreign language is even more difficult. Directing non-actors in a language that you yourself don't understand is the craziest thing you can possibly think of.

I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.

I see only one requirement you have to have to be a director or any kind of artist: rhythm. Rhythm, for me, is everything. Without rhythm, there's no music. Without rhythm, there's no cinema. Without rhythm, there's no architecture.

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