Alfonso Cuaron
Alfonso Cuaron
Alfonso Cuarón Orozcois a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and editor best known for his dramas A Little Princessand Y Tu Mamá También, the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and science fiction thrillers Children of Menand Gravity. Cuarón is the first Latin American director to win an Oscar for Best Directing...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 November 1961
CountryMexico
thinking giving important
I think it's always important to give immediate positive reinforcement.
real writing talking
You can write a whole fiction, and you're talking to people who have gone through that, in real life. But the truth of it is that when you're talking to those people, you don't care about your movie anymore. You just want to hear about what they have gone through. You want all of the details. It's amazing.
kids passion space
As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."
mom philosophy careers
My mom, she was, she studied chemistry. And later on she changed and majored, she changed later in her career, in her life and studied philosophy and then she did a perfect clash, connection between chemistry and philosophy and she became a witch.
challenges film problem
Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.
teenager stupid trying
I find it very stupid that teenagers could only see caricatures of teenagers but they couldn't see films that you try to be a truthful context, a truthful portrayal of teenagers.
believe hands possibility
I really believe there is the possibility of something great that can happen in the right hands.
focused
You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.
trying want sticks
There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.
important stories theme
Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also
ipods dancing sound
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my director's chair. I find playing music is a very direct way to communicate with actors and the crew, especially those crew members who are on the periphery of the set. I like dancing on set too, it's a good way to release tension.
nice people wonder
No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me.