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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI’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.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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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’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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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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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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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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When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
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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 think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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 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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