--- title: "3 Alien Quotes By Guillermo del Toro" description: "3 Alien quotes by Guillermo del Toro. Plus more from Guillermo del Toro and more Alien sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/guillermo-del-toro-986_alien_insects-are-living-metaphors-for-me-they_526410.jpg" --- > [Insects are living metaphors for me. They are so alien and so remote and so perfect, but also they are emotionless; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/insects-are-living-metaphors-for-me-they-are-so-alien-and-so-remote/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/guillermo-del-toro-986_alien_insects-are-living-metaphors-for-me-they_526410.jpg) > [Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' was influenced by Lovecraft big time. He wanted to make his monsters Lovecraftian. But I think many other films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/mike-mignola-s-hellboy-was-influenced-by-lovecraft-big-time-he-wanted/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/guillermo-del-toro-986_alien_mike-mignola-s-hellboy-was-influenced-by_1059217.png) > [The movie has to have some essence where you connect with it. The reason I'm doing 'Blade 2' and not 'Alien 4'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/the-movie-has-to-have-some-essence-where-you-connect-with-it-the/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/guillermo-del-toro-986_alien_the-movie-has-to-have-some-essence-where_2705530.png) ## Other authors on Alien - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seth-shostak-84148.jpg) Seth Shostak 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/seth-shostak/) - [Jennifer L. Armentrout 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/jennifer-l-armentrout/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-toba-beta-105.jpg) Toba Beta 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/toba-beta/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ridley-scott-79152.jpg) Ridley Scott 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/ridley-scott/) - [Thomm Quackenbush 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/thomm-quackenbush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-yancey-79102.jpg) Rick Yancey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/rick-yancey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-w-s-anderson-74228.jpg) Paul W. S. Anderson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/paul-w-s-anderson/) ## More by Guillermo del Toro > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/tom-hiddleston-is-so-fucking-nice-it-used-to-be-in-the-past-you-were/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/when-you-work-with-a-great-director-you-can-have-a-great-partnership/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/you-think-if-you-work-hard-enough-you-can-fix-the-precious-things-you/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [“What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? A moment of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/what-is-a-ghost-a-tragedy-condemned-to-repeat-itself-time-and-again-a/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [If you want to know how to handle a crew, it's great to be part of a crew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/if-you-want-to-know-how-to-handle-a-crew-it-s-great-to-be-part-of-a/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up It’s a compliment. He expects you to be on your toes. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/for-any-actor-to-have-oliver-stone-call-him-or-her-up-it-s-a/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/the-problem-with-don-t-be-afraid-of-the-dark-was-that-it-was-designed/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/my-favorite-novel-in-the-world-is-frankenstein-i-m-going-to-misquote/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [I'm a lapsed altar boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/i-m-a-lapsed-altar-boy/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [“I say making movies is like eating a sandwich of shit. Sometimes you get more bread, sometimes less bread, but you always get shit."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/i-say-making-movies-is-like-eating-a-sandwich-of-shit-sometimes-you/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > ['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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/crimson-is-written-in-a-very-particular-style-and-it-s-very-precise/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl who played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/any-actor-i-admire-and-enjoy-working-with-sergi-lopez-as-the-bad-guy/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [“All belief systems are elaborate fabrications, if logic is followed out to the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/all-belief-systems-are-elaborate-fabrications-if-logic-is-followed/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/studios-look-backward-filmmakers-look-forward/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) > [Normally a period movie has a lot of problems with the graphics. They look modern made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-del-toro/normally-a-period-movie-has-a-lot-of-problems-with-the-graphics-they/) [Guillermo del Toro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-del-toro/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/guillermo-del-toro/#itemlist", "name": "3 Alien Quotes By Guillermo del Toro", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Insects are living metaphors for me. They are so alien and so remote and so perfect, but also they are emotionless; they don't have any human or mammalian instincts. 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