Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

Making a film is a challenge.

I'm excited about what technology is offering storytellers and movie- and TV-makers.

Before I made a film, I thought it was easy.

I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work.

What's important in the filmmaking process has stayed the same. Keep it small, keep it personal, keep it authentic, work with people you like and trust. That process is much longer than the filmmaking process. The development process is a long one, so try and say something of importance.

I still have my talent to produce and direct.

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene.

I'm a real director.

Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so it's constantly a mystery as to what you're going to be doing.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

I think filmmakers in general are, as the tools become more and more advanced, you're able to tell stories in a way that I think is more realistic. The technology just wasn't there up until pretty recently, and it takes a bit of time for the normal artistic way of approaching something to become a mainstream thing.

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of get to stay in control of it all the way through. You don't relinquish the piece to the actors like you have to in theater; you stay in control through the very end.

You can make amazing sci-fi films if you want to with very, very little money and very advanced technology that can run on your desktop.

People sometimes think that a video pops out of my head with no more work than extracting a booger. Every video is a challenge (an exciting one, sure, but a challenge.) Every collaboration is complicated.

All the excitement is during the making of a film. Once I'm done with it, I switch to my next project and am excited about that.

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

I'm all the way hands-on when it comes to my videos.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do.