America is old tobacco: gold and green. It's lush and literally feels like wealth, like optimism, turn of the century America where everything was blooming. Guillermo del Toro More Quotes by Guillermo del Toro More Quotes From Guillermo del Toro Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness. Guillermo del Toro lightrealnight You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy. Guillermo del Toro givingpeopleworld I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad. Guillermo del Toro motivationalinspirationalthinking ...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. Guillermo del Toro nursemonstersleave-me-alone As a child that was disenfranchised from everything, and that was in a world that was the wrong size, run by the wrong people, the wrong morale and the wrong rules, I felt completely outside of that, and I wanted some measure of control, and the measure of control I found was through fear. Guillermo del Toro runningchildrenpeople I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film. Guillermo del Toro importantrealthinking There are men who bloom in chaos. You call them heroes or villains, depending on which side wins the war, but until the battle call they are but normal men who long for action, who lust for the opportunity to throw off the routine of their normal lives like a cocoon and come into their own. They sense a destiny larger than themselves, but only when structures collapse around them do these men become warriors. Guillermo del Toro herowinningwar I believe in man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world. Guillermo del Toro menbelieveworld video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". Guillermo del Toro gainsgamesbook I think that is the ultimate cowardice, when someone makes your choices for you in an institutional way. And you just say, "Well, I have no other option." Guillermo del Toro cowardicechoicesthinking What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA. Guillermo del Toro librarydnaprofound My life is a suitcase. I am the traveling Mexican. Guillermo del Toro suitcasesmexicanlife-is There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It's never been easy. Guillermo del Toro despaircompromiseeasy I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates. Guillermo del Toro beautifulbelievedirectors For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made Guillermo del Toro eightmovieyears I feel that your ambitions should always exceed the budget. That no matter what budget you're doing, you should be dreaming bigger than the budget you have, and then it's a matter of reigning it in to the reality. You try to make things count. Guillermo del Toro ambitiondreamreality Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward. Guillermo del Toro filmmakerstudioslooks I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema. Guillermo del Toro horror-genrehalloweenindependent Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge--the abyss. Guillermo del Toro abyssmysterygenius I think when the joke comes from the situation in a horror film, it's really great. I don't like jokey horror films like where people are cracking a joke or being post-modern about it. Guillermo del Toro horrorpeoplethinking
