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...there's something about maternal love - it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.

Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 9
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Guadalajara
México
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I'm a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I'd love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.
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We're in three living groups, 'cause even after the world's ended some assholes still can't get along.
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I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
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Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined
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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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When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.
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When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.
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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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Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.
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People tend to think that big things only happen to big people ... I think that is not true. The small decisions we make every day define who we are and define the world around us. ... But I bet to you there is a decision every day in your life where you affect somebody else.
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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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If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer ... We are in the business of reproducing reality from nothing. We are the biggest liars in the world, seeking truth.
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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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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.
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Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story.
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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.
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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.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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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.
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My favorite novel in the world is Frankenstein. I'm going to misquote it horribly, but the monster says, I have such love in me, more than you can imagine. But, if I cannot provoke it, I will provoke fear.
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