You can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWe’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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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 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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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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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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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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I 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.
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There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there’s the super vampires, which are a new breed we’ve created.
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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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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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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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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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