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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROFor Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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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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 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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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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