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I 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 Toro

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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Carpenter Film More Others
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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Powerful Unseen Way
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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Actor Comfort Lasts Way
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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Power Quiet Thinking
As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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Cutting Directors Finals
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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Deals Restriction Thinking
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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Compromise Despair Easy
Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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Fun Ghost Stories Way
Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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Interesting Looks Safe
It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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Guy Horror Shoes
I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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Genre New Safe Something
I 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.
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Guy Nice Questions Tough
What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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Film Firsts Geek
The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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Desire Harboring Since Being
There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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Beautiful Grotesque Happen
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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Important Real Thinking

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