The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.
Alfonso CuaronWhen you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to be filled by an ideology... Hope and faith are so connected. Now, when ideology connects with faith, the ideology becomes an item of faith, not a point of discussion.
Alfonso CuaronI used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.
Alfonso Cuaron