You have to believe the magic to see it.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou have to believe the magic to see it.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIts a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou 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 TOROWhen 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROFor me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
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?”.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYour heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThe underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhen you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROSomebody 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.”.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou 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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