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. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu bigexpectationkid Change image and share on social
I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time, advertising gives you a lot of vices, for example, an obsession for a superficial look, but at the same time, it gives you the capacity to synthesize the story - tell a story in one minute. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu actoradvertisebegin share on social
Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror in prestigious film festivals where supposedly the best films are arriving, from twenty films maybe you see two that are good, one that is so-so, and one that is extraordinary. And the other sixteen are terrible. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu arrivecriticexperience share on social
When you do a film in a foreign language, you know there's a cost in it, that you know, unfortunately, the audiences of foreign language films have not been cultivated. There's a market, but the market has been reduced, unfortunately, and you know that when you're making a foreign language film, you're making a choice. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu audiencechoicecost share on social
I realized - and I am probably the last person in the world to realize this - that we live our lives with no editing. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu editliveperson Change image and share on social
I have ADD. I can't pay attention to one thing too long. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu addattentionlong Change image and share on social
Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu developeyefreedom Change image and share on social
From the time we open our eyes, we live in a Steadicam form, and the only editing is when we talk about our lives or remember things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu editeyeform Change image and share on social
I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu advertfeaturefilm Change image and share on social
There was so much fear after 9/11, and that fear caused people to make the wrong decisions. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu causedecisionfear Change image and share on social