The 80 most famous phrases of Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodovar He is a well-known Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter, born in 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava (Ciudad Real) and In addition, he has been the Spanish director who has had the greatest resonance at an international level, since the time of Luis Buñuel.

This famous director has always been in the limelight for his particular lifestyle and outgoing personality. What have been the best quotes of him?

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The best phrases of Pedro Almodóvar

Following you will find the most famous phrases of Pedro Almodóvar, a director who, both with his personal life and with his work, leaves no one indifferent.

1. I believe that the only possible prize is money. It is much more decorative than a statuette, because you can buy an Armani suit.

Almodóvar always gave money the right importance it should have in his life.

2. I think the awareness of passion makes you act very different.

In passionate moments we put our conscience aside and we do not reason lucidly, because our feelings prevent us from doing so.

3. Desire is something irrational for which one always has to pay a high price.

Giving free rein to our desires can cause us serious damage, we must always keep our feet on the ground.

4. Being a film director in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

The job of director in Spain is seen a bit like being a green dog, it is something that people often do not understand.

5. There are two things in cinema that have a different value depending on whether they are made by a man or a woman: frontal nudity and the fact of crying.

Nudes and feelings are two themes that Pedro Almodóvar touches on in many of his works, he is a director who has always wanted to break taboos.

6. Singing in a quilted robe is an experience that every film director must go through.

Pedro Almodóvar's eccentricity is an ever-present part of his daily life.

7. Fortunately, nature has endowed me with an irrational curiosity even for the smallest things. That saves me. Curiosity is the only thing that keeps me afloat. Everything else sinks me. Ah! And the vocation. I don't know if he would be able to live without her.

Almodóvar talks to us in this quote about those two qualities that every great director must have: curiosity and vocation.

8. But being nominated doesn't make me feel any closer to making a movie in English. That will come if I find the right script or the right story, one that has to be shot in English. And I will do it like another movie in Spanish because what motivates me is always the story.

This great filmmaker known worldwide he is much more comfortable filming in Spanish, which is logical due to the Spanish origin of him.

9. He also wanted to express the power of cinema to hide reality while entertaining.

The approach that Almodóvar gives to his films envelops us in a very personal world, very real and at the same time very unreal, the fruit of the mind of this filmmaker.

10. I was born in a bad time for Spain, but really good for the cinema.

The experiences that Almodóvar lived during his life are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for this great director.

11. For me, the prize is being nominated for Oscars in categories of the big calls. He is unusual, he is historical, with which I feel a huge emotion that I want to share with everyone. Then the March thing... Well it will.

Almodóvar has always given the right importance to the awards he receives, he will not let them change his personality.

12. I can't stand the artist whose main motivation is provocation. I think great provocateurs are unintentional.

Almodóvar seeks above all naturalness in his actors, an authenticity that only he knows how to see.

13. Although I love my mother, I did not want to make an idealized portrait of her. I am more fascinated by his flaws: they are more fun than his other qualities.

The defects of people are what make us unique, an indivisible part of our personality.

14. I do not judge what is good or bad or what is real and is not in the culture.

Honesty in his films has always been a vital part of this filmmaker.

15. I don't know what you've been talking about all these days. But I do know what I haven't told you in all these years. (Broken Embraces)

The reunions are something typical in Almodóvar's films, very well represented by the naturalness of his characters.

16. Young people, you don't know how to fight for things. You believe that everything is pleasure. Well no, you have to suffer, a lot. (Women at the edge of a nervous attack)

In this quote, Almodóvar captures the harshness with which life has always treated himself.

17. If you trust me, everything will be easier for the three of us. (The Skin I Live In)

Sexual taboos are a recurring theme in his movies.

18. There is great beauty in physical decline. (In darkness)

How this filmmaker sees beauty in people is something very particular, his point of view allows him to see things that others do not see

19. You will not always be young, I tell you from experience. (Labyrinth of Passions)

In this quote Almodóvar tells us about the passage of time that people suffer, we all grow old in the end.

20. Love is something that absorbs the twenty-four hours, it prevents you from concentrating on other matters. That is what attracts me the most and what horrifies me the most. (The law of Desire)

Love is experienced in Almodóvar's films in a very intense way, for him it is an essential part of life.

21. For bad things both together, but for the good you alone. (Bad Education)

As Almodóvar uses jargon in his films, he allows us to immerse ourselves much more in them.

22. I chose you out of curiosity, I wanted to know how far you were capable of going; and how much I could bear. (Bad Education)

The limits of Almodóvar's characters are put to the test in all of his films.

23. Pass me the lipstick, dear. (Labyrinth of Passions)

The influences of the Anglo-Saxon world in his films, sneak subversively

24. At your age, if you really love risk, he thinks about killing, not dying. (Bullfighter)

Almodóvar's characters take many risks in his films, leading them to reach a delirious rhythm.

25. Killing is like cutting your toenails. At first the very idea makes you lazy, but when you cut them it turns out that it is much faster than you thought. (Kika)

The characters of this director have their own character that makes them very attractive to the general public.

26. There is nothing worse than parting with someone you still love. (Talk to her)

Love in his movies is something that is experienced with great intensity.

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27. I have been bitten a lot in life but I have never been a whore. (Everything about my mother)

In Almodóvar's films, tacos are the order of the day, in this way he represents Spanish society more faithfully.

28. People don't fall down the ladder, that only happens in movies. (Broken Embraces)

Almodóvar's characters can be comical in many of his scenes.

29. Except drinking, how difficult everything is for me. (The flower of my secret)

The vices that we all have are very well represented in Almodóvar's films.

30. Movies have to be finished, even blindly. (Broken Embraces)

The struggles that Almodóvar suffers in his day to day They are also reflected in his movies.

31. Maybe if you had met me, you would have fallen in love with me. I of you, sure. I have had a very wide sleeve, Ramón, a lot. In worse sentry boxes I have stood guard. It is that I do not know what I have, Ramón, that the strangest all touch me, and I do not know why. But of course, as I have given myself, because I fall in love. With them having a good background and a good tail I fall in love. (Kika)

Almodóvar's characters have no shyness to express themselves as only they know how to do.

32. Pain and shame are also a prison. (Bullfighter)

This quote from Almodóvar tells us about the prisons that we often impose on ourselves.

33. I wanted us to live away from guilt. And despite my silence, I infected you like a virus. (Juliet)

Feelings are a very important part of his films, because the characters that appear in them show them very explicitly.

34. Aunts have to be treated like bulls, cornered without them noticing. (Bullfighter)

The machismo of society is something that Almodóvar also frequently addresses in his films.

35. Do not compare! With Ramón it is different, he is a man, but you are my best friend, I have never lied to you. (Kika)

The personal relationships of his characters involve endless emotional ups and downs.

36. I'm very stupid, and sometimes I don't know it, that is to say, answer the hell out of it! Is there any chance, no matter how small... to save what is ours? (The flower of my secret)

The Almodóvar women are a clear example of how this filmmaker understands personal relationships.

37. You promised me that there would be no more closed doors... that I could watch all the channels on TV... That it was free. And I promised you that I would never abandon you. Do not let me. It's all I have, Robert. Your promise and mine. (The Skin I Live In)

The breaks in the characters of this filmmaker are something common in his films.

38. No man no. What I wanted was a topical scene, of topical sadism, elegant and sophisticated, like those seen in French movies. (What have I done to deserve this?)

How Almodóvar faces the taboos of society is something unique, a very particular way of understanding them.

39. There are always things that are left undone, or that are done wrong. And my life has not been an exception, but I don't know if they can be fixed. And if they do, it's up to me to fix them. (Return)

In the end, his characters understand those issues that at the beginning of the film they were not able to understand.

40. When we were little, when we lived together, I could not fall asleep until I heard the noise of your heels, in the distance, getting lost in the hall after close the door of my room... I did not care what time you arrived... I was waiting for you awake, until I heard your heels... (Heels Far away)

Femininity is something very special in Almodóvar's films, women have always played an essential role in the life of this director.

41. The only thing I really have are the feelings and the kilos of silicone that weigh me down like crystals. (Everything about my mother)

Many of the actors in his films speak openly of some issues that society tries to avoid.

42. No money, baby, no car, no girl, no tate, no vice, no mascara. I'm hysterical! (Labyrinth of Passions)

Money often leads us to make mistakes in our lives and in Almodóvar's films this also happens.

43. Excuse me, first of all this is confidential information, huh? Is that Commander Alex Acero is married and has two children. One of eleven and one of thirteen and it is a very complicated age, so that they take the father out of the closet and… and… Do you understand me? (The passing lovers)

Homosexuality is also a subject that Almodóvar knows how to argue very well in his films.

44. Total that I took it to the house and I threw it a thousand times. You already know that sex interests me a lot as a social matter. (Broken Embraces)

Sex is widely accepted in his movies, as an indivisible part of society.

45. She is resentful because no one tells her "there you rot." Look Gloria, I understand that not all of you can have a body like mine, which drives men crazy, but ugly women could also have a little education, come on, I say. (What have I done to deserve this?)

Beauty is something that is very subjective in Almodóvar's films, since he captures his vision in his films.

46. Last night my mom showed me a picture of when she was young, she was half missing. I didn't want to tell him but my life is also missing that same piece. (Everything about my mother)

Personal and family relationships are something that Almodóvar has always been interested in reflecting in his works.

47. If instead of two personalities you had four, I would love them all equally. (Labyrinth of Passions)

The characters of Almodóvar they are so well represented that they could be totally real.

48. I know very well if a man looks for a woman or a transvestite in me. And Benito was looking for the woman in me. (The passing lovers)

The sexual freedoms of his characters delight the viewer.

49. Good evening Madrid. It has been very hard to get here today. But now I'm glad… Tonight my only daughter sleeps in jail… And no matter what she has done, like any mother my heart is broken. With your permission I would like to dedicate the first song to him… (Heels Far away)

The world of entertainment has always accompanied Almodóvar throughout his career.

50. What an overdose. (Labyrinth of Passions)

Drugs also have their place in the Almodóvar universe, these could not be absent from his arguments.

51. Nothing eroticizes me less than an actor looking for a job. (Bad Education)

Economic problems also haunt Almodóvar's characters as they can with anyone.

52. Love is the saddest thing in the world when it ends. (Talk to her)

Amorous adventures are lived with great emotion in his films, the characters who experience them suffer great emotional ups and downs.

53. There is nothing like a Chanel to feel respectable. (Everything about my mother)

Pride in oneself is something very important for Pedro Almodóvar, something that he knows how to include very well in his works.

54. If all men were like you, even I would become a lesbian. (The law of Desire)

Beauty, emotions, taboos, Almodóvar's works have a great assortment of adventures for all genres.

55. Well, I don't know what is worse, that your panties or pussy show... (Tie me up!)

Some of his scenes border on vulgarity, this also turns his works into something much more transgressive.

56. He doesn't learn, she doesn't learn. She is not, she is not a teacher like others... she, nothing. (Women at the edge of a nervous attack)

Humor is something very special in Almodóvar's films, it is a very characteristic humor of this director.

57. My God, I don't believe in you, but help me. (The flower of my secret)

Crossing yourself will be of no use if the director of your film is Pedro Almodóvar.

58. I'm going to snort a little bit of nail polish. (Labyrinth of Passions)

Cocaine is a drug that Almodóvar himself admits to having used, luckily he knew how to abandon that vice.

59. Don't tell me I'm very sensitive. (Women at the edge of a nervous attack)

The emotions of its protagonists they are very vivid on the big screen, Almodóvar knows very well how to play with the viewer's emotions.

60. I am fans, so in the plural. (Everything about my mother)

Some dialogues may seem somewhat banal but they are an unmistakable mark of Almodóvar's cinema.

61. Your amnesia leaves me without a past. (The law of Desire)

Forgetting our memories can be a very unpleasant experience, for us and our loved ones.

62. I don't look at you, I admire you! (Tie me up!)

When we see the potential that a person has, we are immediately in awe of it.

63. Every time I smoke a joint I remember her. (Return)

Drugs can bring out feelings that we have long forgotten.

64. Whatever you do, put on your panties. (Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls of the lot)

A funny quote from Almodovar that could not be missed in this compilation, playing with vulgarity is something that this director knows how to do very well.

65. Don't yell at me, my sugar rises. (What have I done to deserve this?)

The irony of his characters make this director an extraordinary one in the creation of very varied personalities.

66. Where have you put it that you keep everything like a magpie?

The command of the Spanish language is enormous in Almodóvar's films, the script of his films is full of synonyms and adverbs of all kinds, the expressions used are also very correct.

67. When she was a child she dreamed of having dark circles.

Almodóvar's characters undergo a series of events during the film that provide them with endless emotions.

68. It is enough that I am a model. (Women at the edge of a nervous attack)

Femininity is something very accentuated in women who play a role for this genius of the seventh art.

69. How heavy you are, Juana. (Kika)

On many occasions even the characters in his works are aware of how crude they can sound.

70. I am a Jehovah's Witness and my religion forbids me to lie. (Women at the edge of a nervous attack)

The simplicity of his scripts make the difficult seem easy, imitating the style of this director would not be easy to do.

71. Total step of you, you bore me. (What have I done to deserve this)

The plot twists of his movies can lead us to the most unexpected situations.

72. Two ride together, two down the road. (Bad Education)

Freedom is a theme that Almodóvar also deals with in his films, the search for it is always present in his characters.

73. Water me, water me (The law of Desire)

The debauchery of many of his works has also created much controversy regarding his work.

74. Agustina has cancer. You have cancer, Agustina. Come on, loud applause for Agustina. (Return)

Strong doses of irony can hurt the sensibilities of some of your viewers.

75. Shut up, crab face. (The flower of my secret)

Almodóvar's inventiveness in his scripts is extremely extensive, you never know what he will surprise you with.

76. One is more authentic the more it resembles what she has dreamed of herself. (Everything about my mother)

Personal fulfillment is something that we all seek in our life, in its characters, Almodóvar embodies that universal idea.

77. Look, ma'am: go to the doctor, tell him he's a drug addict and to write you a prescription. (What have I done to deserve this?)

Surrealism is something that accompanies us in all Pedro Almodóvar's films.

78. Perdularia, that you are a perdularia, that you lose everything. (What have I done to deserve this?)

How can something so simple come to make us so funny? You never know what new idea Almodóvar will surprise you with.

79. What a shame, my daughter, so young and you are already like a cow without a cowbell. (The flower of my secret)

Society is something that Almodóvar has never been carried away by, and in this quote we see very well the call that he feels coming from it.

80. Here I do not see a mortuary environment. (Kika)

Almodóvar has a humor that could many times be called black, without a doubt it is something that characterizes this director.