But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIf you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I’ll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.
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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It’s a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
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There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don’t compromise, you don’t make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It’s never been easy.
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I thought the tooth fairy was a very creepy concept as a kid. “Put your tooth under the pillow.” I was like “Why does someone want my teeth?”.
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When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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