You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.
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What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.
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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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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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If 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.
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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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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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.
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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
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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.
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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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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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You can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
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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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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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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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I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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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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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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