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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIts a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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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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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There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don’t compromise, you don’t make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It’s never been easy.
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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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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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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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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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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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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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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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