You can always go back to not making any money, and then you get the freedom. And I’m going to continue doing it, because it really is a fantastic sense of liberation.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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?”.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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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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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
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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.
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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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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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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 point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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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