Alfonso Cuaron Quotes & Sayings
41 most famous Alfonso Cuaron quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 63 year old Mexican director born on Nov 28, 1961.
“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.”
“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.”
“The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.”
“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.”
“In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity.”
“If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'”
“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.”
“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.”
“It's seldom that you find great moments in television. Usually you remember - in 'Breaking Bad' or any of these other great shows - you remember situations or characters. Not moments. But I have to say, I can make the same argument for mainstream movies, which have bad narratives and also no memorable moments.”
“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.”
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