black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen

Guillermo del Toro

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there’s the super vampires, which are a new breed we’ve created.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Ghouls Super Two Vampire
I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Genre New Safe Something
There’s nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life, and horror is a really great boundary.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Boundaries Crosses Horror
I’m the freaky version of that superhero who says, wherever there is injustice, I shall be there. Whenever there is a difficult project, I’d like to be there.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Injustice Projects Superhero
Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Powerful Unseen Way
If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Directors Intimate Partnership
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 TORO

Devil Ghost Stories Thinking
Movies that look safe are less interesting.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Interesting Looks Safe
Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Fun Ghost Stories Way
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Power Quiet Thinking
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.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Cute Interesting Nasty
For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Causes Fighting Stuff
I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it’s great, too.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Effort Fighting Thinking
Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Drinking London People
I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Genre Halloween Horror Independent
Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Abyss Genius Mystery

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Guillermo del Toro Quotes