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" Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you. "
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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" Everything is reason. If you don't have reason, you have nothing. "
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" The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something. "
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" I have always said that innocence is much more powerful than experience. "
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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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" Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. "
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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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