…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROFor me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
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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 like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don’t compromise, you don’t make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It’s never been easy.
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I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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’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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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I’ll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.
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