Ultimately, with every film I'd done before, there was a reference. They have their own uniqueness, but there was always a precedent.

I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every time you listen to them, songs bring different images and moods - depending on where you are in your life, you can listen to a song, and it means something different.

When you live in a city, as I do, where violence is really in the streets, and people die every day, there's nothing funny about it.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes