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 TOROI thought the tooth fairy was a very creepy concept as a kid. “Put your tooth under the pillow.” I was like “Why does someone want my teeth?”.
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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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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 give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
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There are a lot of period movies where they say, ‘This is a portrait of Lady Whatever.’ And it’s done in like a 1950s or 60s style.
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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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Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.
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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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 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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As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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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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