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41 quotes by Alfonso Cuaron

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born November 28, 1961) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and editor best known for his dramas A Little Princess (1995) and Y Tu Mamá También (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the sci-fi thriller Children of Men (2006), and the space adventure film Gravity (2013). Most of his work has been praised by both audience and...
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When you work with kids, people tell you to be very delicate, but that's the last thing you should do with kids. They feel patronized if... →

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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... →

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When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to be filled by an... →

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

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I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me.

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I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.

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There are fewer established rules in the way you tell a story for commercials than in features. It's a great little short story you get to play... →

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I have my misgivings about 3-D. I don't like the lack of blacks and whites, how it dulls the image, how the color gets corrupted. I don't... →

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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... →

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I understand the bad rap that 3-D is getting because the conversions are crappy and because the films aren't designed for 3-D. It's a... →

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I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and... →

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I was 8 when we landed on the moon. I was so into the space program as a kid. Eventually, I realized it was very unlikely that a Mexican kid in the... →

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I was not aware of how much I loved 'Canoa' until I saw it after doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and realized that my voice - over about... →

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