What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI 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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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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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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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 directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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…there’s something about maternal love – it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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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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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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I’m a movement Nazi. It used to be my way before. Now, in the last three projects. I found a way to let the actors find their comfort and still find the precision in the show. It’s a change in me.
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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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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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