Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“I like the possibility of failure. I don't want to be in a comfortable zone.”

“I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.'”

“It's famous that comedians have a very dark personal state of mind. I think, in my case, it's the same. The only way to get deep is to have a balance, or a counterbalance.”

“When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or m...”

“Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.”

“'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life.”

“I think that the best things come from thought, without thinking. I think that's the smartest use of the intelligence that we all have.”

“I think intelligence basically can be in a way defined by the possibility of having two opposite ideas living together and at the same time functioning. That's why I think a smart script has two th...”

“The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.”

“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. Witho...”

“When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time.”

“Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror in prestigious film festivals where supposedly the best films are arriving, from twenty films may...”

“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!'”

“Too much knowledge and analysis can be paralysis.”

“Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art.”

“I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things wil...”

“When I talk about sad things, I talk about sad things.”

“My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had a kid like me, I would have those same expectations.”

“I think that people would like to, at all times, reject death and disease with technology.”

“The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.”