Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

We all have the need to feel special.

I had low self-esteem. I just really wanted attention and love from somebody.

If a person feels like 'They're not acknowledging me'... That's a very important feeling in life, even if it's not romantic.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

You deserve love and you'll get it.

Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.

All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.

I am proud people still like me. That is what is most important in life.

Every girl wants the same thing - to be accepted and loved for who she is.

I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

Why do people need awards? Don't you know your value and your worth? I don't need anybody's award or acceptance.

It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you're loved enough, when you have enough money, and you're appreciated.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

When someone sees in you what you've been feeling all along, that's an awesome thing.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.

To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love.

Respect your success.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.