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My father had a difficult relationship with success, maybe because he never obtained it. But he was very wise about it because he observed how you can become rotten fruit once you get power. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Very little is known about Hugh Glass as a real guy that existed 200 years ago, except that he was attacked by a bear, betrayed and left for dead, and has to survive in the winter. I said, 'What really drives a human to survive those conditions?' Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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I started developing 'The Revenant' before 'Birdman.' Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Before Developing Started

I leave the story room to grow into what the movie is driving me to do. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Me Driving Leave Movie Story Room Grow

It's different if you're self-fed by a culture such as the U.S. where it's so rich, you don't have to look outside. Everything's already there. But when you grow up in the desert, you have to be looking all over for inspiration. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

You Culture Looking Rich Everything Inspiration Outside Over Look Up Where Different Grow Grow Up Desert

I have to have the wheel. It's given me an opportunity to experience and explore things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Me Experience Opportunity Given Wheel Explore Things

When you shoot in a room, that's a symmetrical thing that contains you. When there's no contention, the sensation is overwhelming you. That's a challenge, to do that. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

You Challenge Overwhelming Contains Contention Shoot Sensation Room Thing Symmetrical

Rhythm is God. I think, without rhythm, you can't create - there is no art. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Art God You Think Without Rhythm Create

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one. Alfonso Cuaron

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When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create those moments that are beyond narrative, that are almost an abstraction of that moment that hits your psyche. Alfonso Cuaron

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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. Alfonso Cuaron

I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st century is going with all this blind faith in democracy. And by the way, I am not against democracy - I am against the blind faith that is being put in democracy. Alfonso Cuaron

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I learned there's an amazing unexplored territory in terms of narrative. Before, I thought the unexplored territory was the form, the way you shoot a movie. Now, I'm learning about the beautiful marriage between form and narrative. Alfonso Cuaron

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Most people just half-watch TV. They watch TV while they are doing many other things in the environment of their home. So, what they are doing goes through their ears as much as through their eyes. In television, the narrative and characters are in the foreground of everything, because you are watching TV as you do other stuff. Alfonso Cuaron

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If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.' Alfonso Cuaron

Would Would-Be Princess Little Movies Rescue

I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again. Alfonso Cuaron

Once See Finish Never Movie Again Thing

It's a cliche, but Americans are puritanical. In their movies, they are scared of sex, but they overindulge in violence. I could have cut a G-rated version of 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' that would have pleased the American ratings board, but it would have been five minutes long. Alfonso Cuaron

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Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s. Alfonso Cuaron

Tales Were Cautionary Fantastic

Space fascinated me because I'm from the generation that saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live on TV. I was 7 at the time. Also, 'Lost in Space' was one of my favorite shows on TV back then. Alfonso Cuaron

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

Experience About Percent Only Getting Experiencing Film Gravity

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