In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing something, I say, "This is great! This is fantastic! Very genius!" And 20 minutes later, I feel like a dead jellyfish. "You are a stupid a**hole. This is a piece of sh*t. Nobody will care about it."
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituIn the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here.
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituThe actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituI like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituLife and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu