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 TOROYou give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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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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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 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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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.
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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 only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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People think you’re like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you’re hustling, you’re desperate, you’re panicked and you’re horrified. The movie you think you’re going to do next, you don’t do. The movie you think you’re never going to do, you make.
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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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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 like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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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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