I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I’d love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
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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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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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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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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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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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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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The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It’s a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.
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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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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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