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 TOROWhen 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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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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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 see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
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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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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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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 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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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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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.
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I’m the freaky version of that superhero who says, wherever there is injustice, I shall be there. Whenever there is a difficult project, I’d like to be there.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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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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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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