You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you’ve broken – rather than being careful with them in the first place.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIf you’re doing a big spectacle film, you’ve got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you’ve got to be responsible only to your storytelling.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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I think when the joke comes from the situation in a horror film, it’s really great. I don’t like jokey horror films like where people are cracking a joke or being post-modern about it.
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Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, “We love the movie but it’s too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.”.
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For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
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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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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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People think you’re like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you’re hustling, you’re desperate, you’re panicked and you’re horrified. The movie you think you’re going to do next, you don’t do. The movie you think you’re never going to do, you make.
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I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I’d rather deal with restrictions of budget. It’s better to feel free within any budget.
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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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