Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu quotes

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

I've learned to lose with a smile on my face. That's what the Oscar teaches you.

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.

My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.

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

Innocence can be more powerful than experience.

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.

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.

I respect every religion.

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

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

I respect every religion.

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