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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.

Guillermo del Toro

But 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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Devil Ghost Stories Thinking
At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes “I’m not my dad” or “I’m not my mom.”
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Dad Kids Mom
I had gotten to the point where I just didn’t want to perform anymore – I didn’t want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.
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Block Retreat Want
If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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Directors Intimate Partnership
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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Done Portraits Style
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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Powerful Strong Thinking
You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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Giving People World
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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Cute Interesting Nasty
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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Actors Attitude Pantomime
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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Power Quiet Thinking
I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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Common Directors Produce
You have to believe the magic to see it.
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Believe Look Magic People
People think you’re like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you’re hustling, you’re desperate, you’re panicked and you’re horrified. The movie you think you’re going to do next, you don’t do. The movie you think you’re never going to do, you make.
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People Thinking Waiting
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
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
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

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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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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