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 s…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse people, so all the information…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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 reali…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

When people laugh and applaud as characters are killing each other, and you never see the body that's lying there, or you never see the family that s…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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 f…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you sick. It's true that violence is in our…

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu