Alfonso Cuaron

The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail. ”

If you want to keep on being relevant as a director, I think you have to embrace the times. And with the times come technologies and formats. ”

I was not aware of how much I loved 'Canoa' until I saw it after doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and realized that my voice - over about the story's historical context - that narrator - came from 'Canoa'. ”

What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians? ”

I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I'm really thankful for my journey. And it's a journey I didn't design. ”

I produce the way I would love to be produced: In ways to create the best conditions to make your movie, but also to create a space in which the director calls the shots. ”

I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well. ”

I have my misgivings about 3-D. I don't like the lack of blacks and whites, how it dulls the image, how the color gets corrupted. I don't necessarily like the experience of having heavy glasses in front of me. ”

Experiencing this film in 2-D is only getting about 20 percent of the experience of 'Gravity.' ”

I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie business, to direct TV shows or commercials or infomercials for the government. ”