“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
“Mexico City is very different now than when I grew up, but I was in the streets all the time - though I was born to a middle-class neighborhood where there weren't a lot of gangs and things. I was always comfortable.” DifferentBornCitiesClassStreetsMiddleGrewComfortableGrew UpMiddle ClassNeighborhoodMexicoGangMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.” WayNeedsDifferentRealProblemBigsKidsFoundCitiesStreetsComplexesMonstersMy WayDifferent WaysMexicoReal ProblemsMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.” BigsFilmCitiesSawsMexicoMainstreamAmerican FilmMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
