It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I think Hollywood has a habit of developing 100 times more than they actually shoot. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you.” — 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… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
You’ll meet her. She’s very pretty, even though sometimes she’s sad for many days at a time. You’ll see, when she smiles,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I really believe that in the larger sense, not only today but at all times, you only find yourself when you disobey.… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The only true immortality is when you don't care if you die. The moment you stop giving credence to gain is when… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I'm a huge David Fincher fan, and to me, 'Zodiac' is a masterpiece. I re-watch that movie all the time. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Most of the time - in 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Devil's Backbone' - I'm talking about my childhood. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I have said no to many, many Day of the Dead projects in the past, about 10 or 15, because every time… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? A moment of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I wrote a screenplay for 'The Witches,' which Alfonso Cuaron was producing, but we couldn't get it made! The studio just wouldn't… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
It's the difference between a parable and a pamphlet. A parable discusses things that are relevant in the past, the future, and… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I see myself as a perennial expatriate because, frankly, I don't think I fit comfortably in any conventional form of filmmaking, and… — 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
Shooting a horror story with kids, I always explain really simply. They may be scary to watch, but they're a lot of… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I think that in the past, in the '50s and '60s, after the existentialists and beatniks and hippie movements, the big deal… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
You live and die two or three times making a movie. First, you write it, and the first pivotal moment comes when… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The creature from the black lagoon - I drew that creature almost every day, two, three times a day, for probably my… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“An old man’s beliefs matter little. I am the past. You, the future. What are your beliefs?” — 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
