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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.

Guillermo del Toro

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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Giving People World
What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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Film Firsts Geek
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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Cute Interesting Nasty
As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
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Cutting Directors Finals
You have to believe the magic to see it.
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Believe Look Magic People
Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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Fun Ghost Stories Way
Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, “We love the movie but it’s too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.”.
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Kids Violence Violent
The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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Cities Monsters People
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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Actor Comfort Lasts Way
I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I’ll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.
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Character House Needs
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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Broken Hard Thinking Work
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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Film Responsible Storytelling
I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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Carpenter Film More Others
When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
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Country People Vivid Way
There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don’t compromise, you don’t make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It’s never been easy.
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Compromise Despair Easy
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.
GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Block Retreat Want

When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.

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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.

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