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 projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades including five Academy Awards, as well as a Special Achievement Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards. His most notable films include Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022).
Amores Perros (2000), and Biutiful (2010) each received nominations for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He earned critical and commercial success for his films 21 Grams (2003), and Babel (2006). For Birdman (2014), he won three Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The following year, he was awarded Best Director for The Revenant (2015), making him the third director to win the award back-to-back after John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Iñárritu was later awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for his virtual reality installation Carne y Arena (2017).
Iñárritu 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. He was the first Mexican filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at Cannes. In 2019, Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as president of the jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu and Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro are known in the film industry as "The Three Amigos."

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Too much knowledge and analysis can be paralysis.

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...

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...

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.

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!'

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

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

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.