You have to believe the magic to see it.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIn real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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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 think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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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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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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.
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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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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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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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