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There's something worse than not making a movie. It's doing it for the wrong reasons. Then you end up putting three, four, five years of your life into it and you come out with a thing that you're not proud of.

Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: October 9
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Guadalajara
México
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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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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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