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 TOROMovies that look safe are less interesting.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.
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I 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.
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I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I’d rather deal with restrictions of budget. It’s better to feel free within any budget.
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In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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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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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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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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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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