Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment.
Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.
Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.
Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports.
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.
Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.
Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.
Everyone's terrified of being mediocre. Everyone wants to be special.
Everything is reason. If you don't have reason, you have nothing.
Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.
Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.
Films like 'Babel' can transcend the one point-of-view formula that has reigned for so long.
For me, it is especially important to maintain my interior life. My spirituality, my connectedness. That is the way I think. That is the way I deal with life and tough moments. I keep in touch with something bigger than me. And I connect with people who have an interior life - a connection with something bigger than them.
For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the most difficult challenge of my life. That's the most important thing for me, more than films.
For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.
Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.
From the time we open our eyes, we live in a Steadicam form, and the only editing is when we talk about our lives or remember things.
Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion.
I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of death.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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15 August, 1963
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Mexico
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