Guillermo del Toro
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Biography
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque.
"The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7."
"Para mí estas cosas son como una cebolla, entre más capas descubres, más vas llorando. No hay vencedores en las guerras, sólo sangre y vencidos."
"Lo que me interesa del fascismo es justamente que es un hoyo negro de la voluntad. Es un sistema que no necesariamente es único, pero absuelve la brutalidad, absuelve la falta de moral y absuelve la decisión propia. Cuando te dicen “Tú puedes matar a esta gente porque que son judíos, rojos o homosexuales, ¡lo que sea!” En ese mundo puedes permitir una acción brutal en base a un consejo colectivo, eso es lo que me asusta."
"Lo que más interesante es en la naturaleza existen dos especies, unicamente dos especies que son expansionistas: el hombre y los insectos. Las demás especies son territoriales. El insecto es devorador, expansionista, hasta que se siegue expandiendo y no le importa. Y el hombre es así... las dos especies que van a acabar peleándose por el mundo van a ser insectos y hombres."
"There is beautiful in the grotesque."
"I never liked horses, but after this scene, I hate them. I hate them, they are nasty animals, and I hate cows. Cows are evil. Cows are absolutely evil, I tell you. They look, like, inoffensive, but they're perverted creatures, and so are horses, they are absolutely evil motherfuckers."
"We're here to entertain you while you wonder why the fuck this channel has two asshole talking while you're trying to watch your movie."
"(Seeing character with a wig which the producer insisted he try in a delete scene): "Look, that is Peter Frankfurt's fucking doing! Explain yourself! Look at that fucker! It's fucking Michael Bolton!""
"'Less is more' my ass. I mean, 'less is more' on atmospheric movies. In ACTION/horror movies, more is more baby!"
"Peter Frankfurt (producer), discussing a stuntman: "He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch."
"Del Toro: "Needless to say, I wanted another take.""
"Success is fucking up on your own terms."
"I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue."
"So I have 8 to 10 screenplays written and unproduced. And frankly, some of them are my favorite stories. I have a Western version of The Count Of Monte Cristo where the count has a clockwork hand. I have a screenplay called Mephisto's Bridge about a Faustian deal with the devil. I love them all."
"I say making movies is like eating a sandwich of shit. Sometimes you get more bread, sometimes less bread, but you always get shit." (Guardian interview 2006)"
"The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist."
"It’s a terrible thing, isn’t it? To be dragged under?"
"Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss."
"Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date."
"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."
"I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen."