Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

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

I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.'

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Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His most notable films include Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards.
In 2006, Iñárritu became the first Mexican filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Eight years later, he became the first Mexican filmmaker to be nominated as director or producer in the history of the Academy Awards, as well as the first to win for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. In 2019, Iñárritu served as the first Latin American president of the jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015, Iñárritu was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director for Birdman (2014) and a year later received the same award for The Revenant (2015), making him the third director to win the award back-to-back, following in the footsteps of John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. To date, he is the only director in history to have won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directing two years in a row.
Iñárritu was later awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for his virtual reality installation Carne y Arena (2017), the first ever VR installation to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival.

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something.

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

When I talk about sad things, I talk about sad things.

'Amores Perros' is three stories that interconnect in one moment, which is the car accident.

'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life.

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

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.

Too much knowledge and analysis can be paralysis.

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.

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 h...

I like the possibility of failure. I don't want to be in a comfortable zone.

Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art.

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!'

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.

I think that people would like to, at all times, reject death and disease with technology.

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...

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.

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...