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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIf you’re doing a big spectacle film, you’ve got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you’ve got to be responsible only to your storytelling.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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I had gotten to the point where I just didn’t want to perform anymore – I didn’t want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.
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At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes “I’m not my dad” or “I’m not my mom.”
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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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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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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There’s nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life, and horror is a really great boundary.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you’ve broken – rather than being careful with them in the first place.
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But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
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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 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 point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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