Pedro Almodóvar quotes

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion. (Pedro Almodóvar)
I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently. View quote
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The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images. View quote
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Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn't seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places. View quote
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Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why. View quote
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All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres. View quote
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I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. View quote
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I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema. View quote
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Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities. View quote
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I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice. View quote
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I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free and then I correct it after. (Pedro Almodóvar)
Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. View quote
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The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. View quote
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Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. View quote
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I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship. View quote
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After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception. View quote
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The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika. View quote
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The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple. View quote
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I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties. View quote
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Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story. View quote
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My mother was an extremely creative woman, despite the fact that she lived the life of a rural housewife. (Pedro Almodóvar)
I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story. View quote
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It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing, your capacity as a spectator just disappears. I have to think about what I felt just before the mixing. View quote
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But, although these films express many similar ideas from my previous films, I think they express these ideas in a different way. View quote
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With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner. View quote
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