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I don't see myself as a moviemaker only, you know? When I can do a picture, I do. But I don't work like a business, in pictures. I am not obliged to make one picture after the other in order to live.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: After Am Business Know Like Live Make Myself Obliged Only Order Other Picture Pictures See Work You I Am I Can

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I write books, I write for comic books, I give lectures... I live. And when the opportunity comes to do a picture, I do a picture.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Books Comic Comic Books Give Lectures Live Opportunity Picture Write I Write

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Life is a mixing of all kind of things: comedy and tragedy going together.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Comedy Going Kind Life Life Is A Mixing Things Together Tragedy

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My father was a monster. A monster! I cut with my family when I was 23 and I never see them again.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Again Cut Family Father Monster Never See Them

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I want to liberate my imagination and my mind with every kind of movie. That is what I wanted to do all my life.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: All My Life Every Imagination Kind Liberate Life Mind Movie My Life Want Wanted

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The first thing I didn't understand was my life. It's a mystery. And today I don't understand economy or politics. I don't know why politics or economy are destroying the world, but I will understand after understanding.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: After Destroying Economy First First Thing Know Life My Life Mystery Politics The First Thing Thing Today Understand Understanding Why Will World

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I am not a commercial industry creator. I don't believe in making art to make money.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Am Art Believe Commercial Creator Industry Make Making Money I Am

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I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous. I do that. I live off comics, and then I write books, but when you want movies, you cannot make movies without money.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Adventurous Art Because Books Cannot Comics Industrial Less Live Make Making Money More Movies Off People Suffering Then Want Who Without Write You Young Young People I Write

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Don't make your living with cinema because Hollywood will take you, will eat you, will destroy you. This is the reality. You have a good picture, have success, you take the person and they destroy you.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Because Cinema Destroy Eat Good Hollywood Living Make Person Picture Reality Success Take Will You Your

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A man doesn't cry. In my life, I've never cried. I cannot do it. I am a man. How will I cry?

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Am Cannot Cried Cry How Life Man My Life Never Will I Am

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Biography

Nationality: Chilean

Type: Director

Born: February 17th, 1929

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