I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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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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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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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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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.
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I’m a movement Nazi. It used to be my way before. Now, in the last three projects. I found a way to let the actors find their comfort and still find the precision in the show. It’s a change in me.
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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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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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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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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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don’t compromise, you don’t make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It’s never been easy.
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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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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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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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