I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROBut 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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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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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I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I’d love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
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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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There are a lot of period movies where they say, ‘This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.’ And it’s done in like a 1950s or 60s style.
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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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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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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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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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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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You can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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