As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere 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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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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 point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
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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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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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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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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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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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 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.
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Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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