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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThe point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere is beautiful in the grotesque.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIf you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I’ll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROMovies that look safe are less interesting.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROFor Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIt’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWe’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat 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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