There is beautiful in the grotesque.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROThere’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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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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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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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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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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The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you’ve been harboring since you were 7.
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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 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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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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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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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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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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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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