282 Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

All people know that they will die, but they don’t actually believe it.

For me, it’s not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it’s about observing life through death, from the last point of it.

I didn’t have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

I don’t have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.

Mexico City is very different now than when I grew up, but I was in the streets all the time – though I was born to a middle-class neighborhood where there weren’t a lot of gangs and things. I was always comfortable.

I hate superficial violence. It’s shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

There’s nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away with great revelations in their own life of some kind. But when the process and the experience and the fun of that matches, it’s a good feeling.

I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They’re just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.

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