I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film. Guillermo del Toro More Quotes by Guillermo del Toro More Quotes From Guillermo del Toro 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. Guillermo del Toro tourists journey kings Even if one understands that what one is doing is mad, it is indeed still madness - Guillermo del Toro mad madness stills Awareness of insanity does not make one any less insane. Awareness of drowning does not make one any less of a drowning person--it only adds the burden of panic Guillermo del Toro insane doe insanity for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing. Guillermo del Toro blessing helping men It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror. Guillermo del Toro shoes horror guy Frankfurt, discussing a stuntman: He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch. Guillermo del Toro inches stuntman half For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot. Guillermo del Toro neurotic backbone devil I think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds. Guillermo del Toro eye sound thinking The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It's a really interesting mythology when you dig into it. Guillermo del Toro nasty cute interesting I think Hollywood has a habit of developing 100 times more than they actually shoot. Guillermo del Toro hollywood habit thinking You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal. Guillermo del Toro compass goal needs You may occasionally be hurt by the sort of cavalier cruelty of commentary if you go into online forums, so there’s definitely a maturity about not seeking validation from everyone, every single time. Guillermo del Toro validation maturity hurt I had gotten to the point where I just didn't want to perform anymore - I didn't want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it. Guillermo del Toro retreat block want At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom." Guillermo del Toro dad mom kids I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on 'Don't be afraid of the dark'. Guillermo del Toro childhood scary dark 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. Guillermo del Toro responsible storytelling film If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in that house. My father would have said "Shut up and get to your room." So I thought the only sanctioned tyranny in the world is parenthood and everybody goes "Yeah." It's a dictatorship - parenthood. Guillermo del Toro house believe father The only thing you can do as an artist is to come to the world, see what no one is doing, and leave behind one or two things that wouldn’t have happened without you. Guillermo del Toro artist two world I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit Guillermo del Toro movie needs thinking I believe that the physical effect, the physical set, whenever you can, is ten times better than the digital effect. Guillermo del Toro effects digital believe