When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
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 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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.
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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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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It’s a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.
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Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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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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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it’s great, too.
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