27 Quotes & Sayings By Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican-born film director and screenwriter. His feature films include Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). Iñárritu was born in Mexico City on September 14, 1969.

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Sad music, I always thought, is more beautiful than other music. But at the same time, I am in my personal life a very happy guy. I have a sense of humor. I am not the kind of depressed guy all the time brooding. No. I am very enthusiastic about things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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I like the possibility of failure. I don't want to be in a comfortable zone. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.' Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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 make you reflect on a lot of things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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 things living in the same place, and they're absolutely contradictory. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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 maybe you see two that are good, one that is so-so, and one that is extraordinary. And the other sixteen are terrible. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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! ' Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Too much knowledge and analysis can be paralysis. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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 will happen. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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When I talk about sad things, I talk about sad things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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I think that people would like to, at all times, reject death and disease with technology. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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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. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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'Amores Perros' is three stories that interconnect in one moment, which is the car accident. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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If I had been at an assembly line for films, I don't know if I would be the best driver. I think I would have crashed the car. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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I've learned to lose with a smile on my face. That's what the Oscar teaches you. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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When I was sixteen, I was an absolutely romantic guy. I fell in love every week. I mean, I was in love with everybody, but unfortunately, nobody was in love with me. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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My father had a difficult relationship with success, maybe because he never obtained it. But he was very wise about it because he observed how you can become rotten fruit once you get power. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu