What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere 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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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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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.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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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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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.
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I am the nice adversary, the guy that’s going to ask the tough questions and is not going to be happy with the quick answer.
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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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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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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