Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

All my films I have shot in chronological order - always. And the reason is that there's a moment that the screenplay is the notion of the film. But when you start doing a film... the work itself starts being transformed, and you have to surrender.

In my work I think what drives me is perfection. I'm a chronically unsatisfied guy.

On a transcendental level, a film is not going to be better or worse because there's a prize behind it. The work will be what it is, with or without a prize.

I'm overwhelmed by the pain in the world; I'm affected by the news very much, and adding that to my work was becoming a little bit too much.

That incredible bubble and high expectations built at festivals can work against a film.

Good directors don't answer questions with their work. They generate debate and create discussion.

I know how to work with people. I've worked with the same people for 10 years. I'm not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility.