You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood. Guillermo del Toro More Quotes by Guillermo del Toro More Quotes From Guillermo del Toro Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable. Guillermo del Toro unseen powerful way We're in three living groups, 'cause even after the world's ended some assholes still can't get along. Guillermo del Toro groups three world Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story. Guillermo del Toro moral stories The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7. Guillermo del Toro desire If you can be that link to other people that came before you and the ones that come after, then you have to honor that link. If you are doing what somebody else tells you to do and you have success, it's horrible. And if you are doing what other people tell you to do and you fail, it's equally horrible. Guillermo del Toro failing honor people What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating since the Age of Reason. I think the downfall of imagination as a genre or as a perception starts with the Age of Reason, which says everything else that came before us, all those superstitions, all those myths, are childish. Guillermo del Toro perception imagination thinking Oliver Stone will never be happy with the first take. He wants more than that. When youre delivering your lines, hell stop you and tell you some kind of riddle about the character and you have to go away and figure that out. If youre hoping for him to give you all the answers, then youre in for a long day. Guillermo del Toro giving character long 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. Guillermo del Toro hard-work fun compliment Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.". Guillermo del Toro violent violence kids The only true immortality is when you don't care if you die. The moment you stop giving credence to gain is when you become invulnerable to pain. Guillermo del Toro pain care giving Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs. Guillermo del Toro london drinking people I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it's great, too. Guillermo del Toro effort fighting thinking 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. Guillermo del Toro goal people moving I have "fat-guy syndrome." If they give me $50 million to make a movie, I'll try to make it look like it cost a hundred. If they give me $60 million, I'll try to make it look like it cost $120. Guillermo del Toro trying giving Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur. Guillermo del Toro form writing needs When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects. But I love them more with the monsters. I never was much of a gore guy. I've always enjoyed just creating monsters. Guillermo del Toro makeup guy trying The idea for me is that if the movie connects with you the way I want it to connect with you, you should be experiencing both the horror and the wonder as a child would. From a child's point of view. When we're kids, brutality registers differently than when we are adults. Because as adults, we get too used to violence. Guillermo del Toro violence kids children If we have a choice in how we die, I would say that's a privilege. I think we have a sort of prudish approach to death in the West, though certainly not in Mexico. In Mexico, it's a little bit freer. We're not so precious about it. Guillermo del Toro choices thinking 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. Guillermo del Toro concerned relevant past I really believe that in the larger sense, not only today but at all times, you only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think. Guillermo del Toro responsibility believe thinking
