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You 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.

Guillermo del Toro

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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Power Quiet Thinking
I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
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Important Real Thinking
What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.
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DNA Library Profound
But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
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Devil Ghost Stories Thinking
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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Film Responsible Storytelling
It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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Guy Horror Shoes
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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Dad Kids Mom
I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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Country Different People Produce
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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Creepy Kids Teeth
Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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Drinking London People
In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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People Real Thinking
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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Actor Comfort Lasts Way
I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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Carpenter Film More Others
The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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Desire Harboring Since Being
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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Impossible Retrospect Void
…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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Love Maternal might Spiritual

You 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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