You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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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 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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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
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I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
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But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil’s Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there’s the super vampires, which are a new breed we’ve created.
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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
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