Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Work Quotations

You have kids studying master class visual arts who are pushed to make films that will be successful economically; that's what they focus on. So they work for corporate interest instead of artistic expression.

I'm overwhelmed by the pain in the world; I'm affected by the news very much, and adding that to my work was becoming a little bit too much.

Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion.

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.

On a transcendental level, a film is not going to be better or worse because there's a prize behind it. The work will be what it is, with or without a prize.

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

That incredible bubble and high expectations built at festivals can work against a film.