“The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the only hard food to get in America is true Mexican. It's impossible to find, even in L.A. Why is that?” IfsWayCountryHardAmericaImpossibleNeighborOur CountryMexicoBellsMexicanTacosTaco Bell Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“When you get to the holidays, if you think that the holidays will be forever, you just take it for granted. But, if you know that you have just three days at the beach, you will be so happy to be there, every day.” IfsThinkingKnowsThreeForeverGrantedBeachHoliday Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I was aware of the possible biases you could get as a commercial director, like being too concerned about the technical aspects of the form rather than anything of substance. If you keep working in commercials, you can get trapped in a very superficial way of thinking. I always used commercials as an exercise for filmmaking, like going to the gym.” IfsThinkingWayFormUsedExerciseDirectorsConcernedAspectSubstanceGymTrappedFilmmakingSuperficialWay Of Thinking Author: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 for censorship or anything. But if you're going to have violence, I think it's important to deal with the consequences of that on a human level, not just to make people laugh.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansImportantStoriesLevelsDealsLaughingViolenceCallingConsequenceCarefulSensitiveFilmmakerBe CarefulCensorshipMaking People Laugh Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
