Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
discover expose life
All of us want something in life, all of us have flaws, and all of us have strengths. So, I always try to discover those things in a character and then try to expose it in one way or another.
condition everybody human
Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.
audio effects harder special
It's harder to make real audio than special effects audio.
met octopus pat
Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This is an octopus man!'
aids anthrax disease horrible ill
It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.
accomplish battle hard life puts
We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with mediocrity.
artistic arts class corporate films instead interest kids master pushed successful visual work
You have kids studying master class visual arts who are pushed to make films that will be successful economically; that's what they focus on. So they work for corporate interest instead of artistic expression.
life
I don't have a career. I have a life.
fixated
I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease in not growing up.
cartoon dignity figures forgotten guided japanese mere morocco normally poor portrayed
Two words guided the making of 'Babel' for me: 'dignity' and 'compassion.' These things are normally forgotten in the making of a lot of films. Normally there is not dignity because the poor and dispossessed in a place like Morocco are portrayed as mere victims, or the Japanese are portrayed as cartoon figures with no humanity.
good war
To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.
beings brothers defined family human relationships
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
approach change learned life ways
I learned there are ways to approach life. You can never change the events, but you can change the way you approach them.
funny time tragic upside
When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time.