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" Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves. "
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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" Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment. "
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" It's very healthy to be aware of your ego. "
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" That incredible bubble and high expectations built at festivals can work against a film. "
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" Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. "
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" 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? "
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" I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen. "
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" Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports. "
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" As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive. "
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" Everything is reason. If you don't have reason, you have nothing. "
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" 'Amores Perros' is three stories that interconnect in one moment, which is the car accident. "
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" Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion. "
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" I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes. "
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" Rhythm is God. I think, without rhythm, you can't create - there is no art. "
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" If I had been at an assembly line for films, I don't know if I would be the best driver. I think I would have crashed the car. "
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" We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with mediocrity. "
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" Innocence can be more powerful than experience. "
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" For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the most difficult challenge of my life. That's the most important thing for me, more than films. "
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" I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters. "
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" When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe. "
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