I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROMovies that look safe are less interesting.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYour heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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 TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROAs a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROPeople 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou can always go back to not making any money, and then you get the freedom. And I’m going to continue doing it, because it really is a fantastic sense of liberation.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere is beautiful in the grotesque.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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