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In the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 15
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Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.
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Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.
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I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I realized that film could have so many more layers to it than what I had imagined before. Then others, like Kurosawa and Fellini, were like a new discovery for me, another country.
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I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.
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I understand when there's no money for the arts in the government, but it should maybe pressure private companies to support more filmmakers. These exhibition and distribution companies are huge, and there might be incentives for them to invest more in Mexican cinema.
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The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the only hard food to get in America is true Mexican. It's impossible to find, even in L.A. Why is that?
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I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.
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In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing something, I say, This is great! This is fantastic! Very genius! And 20 minutes later, I feel like a dead jellyfish. You are a stupid a**hole. This is a piece of sh*t. Nobody will care about it.
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I never deny a true experience in one shot.
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I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.
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For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it.
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I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.
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I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects of the form rather than anything of substance. If you keep working in commercials, you can get trapped in a very superficial way of thinking. I always used commercials as an exercise for filmmaking, like going to the gym.
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The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.
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I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.
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As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell any story you want - I'm not calling for censorship or anything. But if you're going to have violence, I think it's important to deal with the consequences of that on a human level, not just to make people laugh.
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