What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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We’re in three living groups, ’cause even after the world’s ended some assholes still can’t get along.
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I 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’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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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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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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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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I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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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 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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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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People think you’re like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you’re hustling, you’re desperate, you’re panicked and you’re horrified. The movie you think you’re going to do next, you don’t do. The movie you think you’re never going to do, you make.
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