When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight – it’s faster in a way.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROIn real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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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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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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In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.
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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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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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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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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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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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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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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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 only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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I’m the freaky version of that superhero who says, wherever there is injustice, I shall be there. Whenever there is a difficult project, I’d like to be there.
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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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