Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I think that most of the monsters I dream of, I dreamt of as a child. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I started seeing in the monsters as a more sincere form of religion because the priests were not that great, but Frankenstein… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate enough that my personal life falls into whack with my professional life. My kids love visiting the sets; they love… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I love monsters the way people worship holy images. To me, they really connect in a very fundamental way to my identity. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I like monsters, and when the monster is a superhero, it's a byproduct. Like Hellboy, the Hulk, Man-Thing, Swamp Thing, Sandman, Constantine,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
My favorite novel in the world is Frankenstein. I'm going to misquote it horribly, but the monster says, "I have such love… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The way I love monsters is a Mexican way of loving monsters, which is that I am not judgmental. The Anglo way… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Every Sunday on Channel 6 in Guadalajara, where I lived, they dedicated most every Sunday to black-and-white horror films and sci-fi. So… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I don't try to sanction other people's joy in monsters. I mean, I think the fact is, humor, fantasy - you know,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, monsters made me feel that I could fit somewhere, even if it was... an imaginary place where… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects.… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' was influenced by Lovecraft big time. He wanted to make his monsters Lovecraftian. But I think many other films… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I was raised Catholic. Somewhere, I didn't fit with the saints and holy men. I discovered the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“Tom Hiddleston is so fucking nice. It used to be in the past you were either nice, or you were good-looking and an asshole.” — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them in the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
“What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? A moment of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
If you want to know how to handle a crew, it's great to be part of a crew. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up Its a compliment. He expects you to be on your toes. If… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
The problem with 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' was that it was designed to be a PG-13 movie. It was literally a horror… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
My favorite novel in the world is Frankenstein. I'm going to misquote it horribly, but the monster says, "I have such love in me,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
“I say making movies is like eating a sandwich of shit. Sometimes you get more bread, sometimes less bread, but you always get shit."… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
'Crimson' is written in a very particular style, and it's very precise in the way it graduates into a gothic romance. The souls that… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl who played… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
“All belief systems are elaborate fabrications, if logic is followed out to the end.” — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
Normally a period movie has a lot of problems with the graphics. They look modern made. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share
