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Guillermo Del Toro Quotes

Survival often feels like an indignity Picture Quote #1

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward Picture Quote #1

...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone Picture Quote #1

Producing is great because you learn Picture Quote #1

If film making is magic, there’s a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you’re doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers do, it is a very delicate craft, interpersonal relationship, and being able to enrapture a very small audience Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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For in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing Picture Quote #1

When you see something or experience something extraordinary, you can’t go back to normal... I think that that’s the way I see the supernatural-as happening in mundane circumstances or to people who are unprepared Picture Quote #1

Films are fantastic - they are one of the peaks of human narrative. But I’m sorry to break the news to the movie industry: So is a video game Picture Quote #1

I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on ‘Don’t be afraid of the dark’ Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success Picture Quote #1

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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That’s it Picture Quote #1

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema Picture Quote #1

When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight - it’s faster in a way Picture Quote #1

Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date Picture Quote #1

If you’re not operating on an instinctive level, you’re not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating Picture Quote #1

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I have my library separate from the family home, and every room is a different genre. The only room that I can guarantee I’ve read everything is the horror room Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates Picture Quote #1

I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film Picture Quote #1

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut Picture Quote #1

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters Picture Quote #1

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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs Picture Quote #1

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm Picture Quote #1

America is old tobacco: gold and green. It’s lush and literally feels like wealth, like optimism, turn of the century America where everything was blooming Picture Quote #1

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Survival often feels like an indignity (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) ...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) Producing is great because you learn (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) If film making is magic, there’s a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you’re doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers do, it is a very delicate craft, interpersonal relationship, and being able to enrapture a very small audience. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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 (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) For in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) When you see something or experience something extraordinary, you can’t go back to normal... I think that that’s the way I see the supernatural-as happening in mundane circumstances or to people who are unprepared (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) Films are fantastic - they are one of the peaks of human narrative. But I’m sorry to break the news to the movie industry: So is a video game (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on ‘Don’t be afraid of the dark’ (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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 (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) You can’t explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I don’t want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That’s it. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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 Toro Quotes) Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) If you’re not operating on an instinctive level, you’re not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I have my library separate from the family home, and every room is a different genre. The only room that I can guarantee I’ve read everything is the horror room. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film... (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) 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. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm. (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes) America is old tobacco: gold and green. It’s lush and literally feels like wealth, like optimism, turn of the century America where everything was blooming (Guillermo Del Toro Quotes)

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