You have to believe the magic to see it.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROWhat happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
More Guillermo del Toro Quotes
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I had gotten to the point where I just didn’t want to perform anymore – I didn’t want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it.
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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 like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
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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 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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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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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 only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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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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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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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.
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