Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who also helmed the Oscar-nominated film "The Revenant," has some words to say about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his racist comments about Mexican immigration in the United States. During his interview with WNYC's "Studio 360" show, the director said he pitied Trump and called him a "poor man."

Iñárritu's recent comments came after Trump notoriously labeled the Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and accused them of "bringing in crime" in the United States when he announced his presidential candidacy in June. According to Business Insider, Trump earned the hatred of many Mexican celebrities including actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria, who spoke against Trump's remarks.

Iñárritu said Trump's position is "coming from ignorance." The Mexican director also added that blaming undocumented immigrants for crime is "planting seeds of hate."

"To be so rich and to be so bitter -- it's a poor man whose only possession is money," Iñárritu said, as per MSNBC. "When you generalize like that, you are taking out the humanity, the integrity of human lives. That has been historically the way horrible things have happened to humanity."

Iñárritu touched on Mexican immigration in his 2006 film "Babel." Last year, the Latino director was the only person of color nominated in a major acting or directing category at the Academy Awards. He ultimately triumph in early 2015 for the comedy-drama "Birdman." And when he's accepting awards for his filmmaking, he always thanks the Mexican people for their support.

Speaking of the Academy Award nominations, Iñárritu has recently grabbed 12 Oscar nods on Thursday for his 2015 film, "The Revenant," including best picture, best director and best actor. Fox News Latino noted the film depicted the story of Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a 19th-century explorer and fur trapper who was mauled by a bear and left for dead by the other members of his expedition team.

Iñárritu's film was also nominated for best supporting actor (Tom Hardy), best cinematography, best costume design, best film editing, best makeup and hairstyling, best production design, best sound mixing and best visual effects.

Meanwhile, "Mad Max: Fury Road," which was helmed by George Miller, was also nominated in 10 categories, while Ridley Scott's "The Martian" has earned seven nods. And "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the top-grossing film of all time in North America, received five Oscar nominations.

For the best actress category, the nominees are Cate Blanchett for "Carol," Brie Larson for "Room," Jennifer Lawrence for "Joy," Charlotte Rampling for "45 Years" and Saoirse Ronan for "Brooklyn."

The 88th Annual Academy Awards be hosted by Chris Rock and will be held on Sunday, Feb. 28 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in California. It will be televised on ABC at 7 p.m., E! News reported.