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As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
Guillermo del Toro
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Guillermo del Toro
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 9
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: There are only two on-buttons for fear, in any permutation you want. One is when something that shouldn't be is, meaning a presence. And, the other one is an absence.
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