I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I’d love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I’d love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYour heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI’m the freaky version of that superhero who says, wherever there is injustice, I shall be there. Whenever there is a difficult project, I’d like to be there.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere is beautiful in the grotesque.
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 TOROI think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROYou can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIf you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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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