Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu : (11)

" The emotions of the actors are better when they understand the chronological factors that are adding to the story. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" I know how to work with people. I’ve worked with the same people for 10 years. I’m not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" The way films establish the order of scenes is very artificial. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" Very little is known about Hugh Glass as a real guy that existed 200 years ago, except that he was attacked by a bear, betrayed and left for dead, and has to survive in the winter. I said, ‘What really drives a human to survive those conditions?’ " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" When there’s a good script, everybody circles. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" We have always existed in different forms – carbon, oxygen, water, heat. Maybe Heaven is this brief period when the elements realize they’re alive. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" 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

" ‘Ikiru’ is existential but with a lot of tenderness. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another. " - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu