8 Quotes & Sayings By Pedro Almodovar

Best known for his bold and critically acclaimed filmography, Pedro Almodóvar is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has been awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film twice (for Live Flesh and All About My Mother) and has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His films have grossed over $1 billion in international box office sales.

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For there to be communication within a couple, it is enough for there to be only one person who communicates or who really wants to communicate. Even though a couple consists of two people, if one of the people in a couple puts all their effort into moving a couple along they will move along. Pedro Almodovar
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I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. Pedro Almodovar
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If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn't fit me. Pedro Almodovar
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I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion. Pedro Almodovar
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You can make a thousand different movies about the same subject. Pedro Almodovar
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I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship. Pedro Almodovar
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La Mancha is a very macho, chauvinistic society. I saw very clearly that my life had to be in Madrid, and I liberated myself from my mum and dad after high school. Pedro Almodovar