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 TOROYou have to believe the magic to see it.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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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’m a movement Nazi. It used to be my way before. Now, in the last three projects. I found a way to let the actors find their comfort and still find the precision in the show. It’s a change in me.
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In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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I had gotten to the point where I just didn’t want to perform anymore – I didn’t want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.
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When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects. But I love them more with the monsters. I never was much of a gore guy. I’ve always enjoyed just creating monsters.
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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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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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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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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
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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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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 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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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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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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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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At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes “I’m not my dad” or “I’m not my mom.”
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