I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROAs a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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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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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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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 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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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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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 only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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