Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
architecture
The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.
age influenced points
At a very young age, I was influenced enormously by Julio Cortazar or Carlos Fuentes. In that literature, there's always an exploration of different perspectives, points of view.
air breathe easily europe jesus
Americans easily forget that the air they breathe is the same as those in Europe or Africa or Asia; it's the same air as Jesus breathed. I would like them to remember that connection.
caused fear people wrong
There was so much fear after 9/11, and that fear caused people to make the wrong decisions.
director music
I see only one requirement you have to have to be a director or any kind of artist: rhythm. Rhythm, for me, is everything. Without rhythm, there's no music. Without rhythm, there's no cinema. Without rhythm, there's no architecture.
period piece truly
I've never done a period piece or a comedy, and that could be something truly different for me.
learned lose smile teaches
I've learned to lose with a smile on my face. That's what the Oscar teaches you.
cried
'Russian Ark,' I adore - I almost cried at the end of that film, it's so beautiful.
hard work
It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.
felt liberating playing
It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band.