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 TOROYour heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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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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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.
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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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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 like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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There are a lot of period movies where they say, ‘This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.’ And it’s done in like a 1950s or 60s style.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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.
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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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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I’d love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
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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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