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.
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.
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I’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.
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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects. But I love them more with the monsters. I never was much of a gore guy. I’ve always enjoyed just creating monsters.
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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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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 when the joke comes from the situation in a horror film, it’s really great. I don’t like jokey horror films like where people are cracking a joke or being post-modern about it.
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I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
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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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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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There is beautiful in the grotesque.
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If you’re doing a big spectacle film, you’ve got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you’ve got to be responsible only to your storytelling.
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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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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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