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Even if one understands that what one is doing is mad, it is indeed still madness -
Guillermo del Toro
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Guillermo del Toro
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: October 9
Film Actor
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Guadalajara
México
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I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by other movies, because then you just are talking about movies in movies. I try to talk about movies that are culturally and spiritually a little more diverse.
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And yet one carries the sins of his forebears as one carries their features in his face. One bears their blood, and their honor or their blight.
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It's the difference between a parable and a pamphlet. A parable discusses things that are relevant in the past, the future, and the present - regardless of the outcome in the present. A pamphlet, on the other hand, is completely concerned with affecting an outcome in the present, the most immediate present.
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Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.
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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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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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For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up Its a compliment. He expects you to be on your toes. If youre not, he pokes at you until you react. Hes very provocative, creatively. It started like a lot of hard work, but it ended up a lot of fun.
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You have to believe the magic to see it.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood.
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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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My life is a suitcase. I am the traveling Mexican.
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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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If you don't take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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Without context, things are not scary. Without context, like humor, horror doesn't work.
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Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story.
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The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully it simply flies on.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss.
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The movies that I do are in love with cinema, and I try to show that I am in love with cinema. I want them to be, in other ways, drinking from other sources.
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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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