You 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 TOROThe point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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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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You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you’ve broken – rather than being careful with them in the first place.
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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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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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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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There’s nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life, and horror is a really great boundary.
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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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I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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