Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
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.
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.
countries express points spread third
As a Third World citizen, I always feel that I need to express my point of view. Sometimes the points of view of Third World countries are never expressed. We don't have that possibility, sometimes, to spread what we feel and how we see things.
includes literally point points prism views
'Babel' is about the point of view of others. It literally includes points of views as experienced from the other side. It is not about a hero. It is not about only one country. It is a prism that allows us to see the same reality from different angles.
financed matters past
Yes, I am a Mexican, and I have a past and a culture. But what matters is the film itself, not where it was financed or cast.
allen among filmmakers greats van woody
I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current filmmakers von Trier, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai.
lived tolstoy
In 'A Confession,' Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years.
I'm telling the same story in every film.
intense life
I'm an intense person. My own vision of life has always been heavy.
If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy. That's the comedy that I like.
ends process time
I don't know if I have a career or not, or where it ends or it begins. I have been working, doing what I do for a long time. But my creative process has always been so tortuous.