In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROPower 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 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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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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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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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I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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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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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 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 think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
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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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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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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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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes “I’m not my dad” or “I’m not my mom.”
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