Children Quotes by Guillermo del Toro

11 Children quotes by Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro’s concise musings on kids reveal a vivid imagination, blending wonder with a hint of darkness. The small set offers a glimpse into how he envisions childhood’s magical side.

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Most of the time - in 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Devil's Backbone' - I'm talking about my childhood.

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It's never hard to cast kids; it's only ever hard to direct them.

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I think that most of the monsters I dream of, I dreamt of as a child.

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“Miriam Sacher had survived polio as a child. To Abraham, she was simply the most exquisite little bird who could not fly.”

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You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood.

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When I was a child, I was raised Catholic. Somewhere, I didn't fit with the saints and holy men. I discovered the…

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I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing.…

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With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm…

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As a child that was disenfranchised from everything, and that was in a world that was the wrong size, run by the…

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The idea for me is that if the movie connects with you the way I want it to connect with you, you…

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Making a film is like raising a child. You cannot raise a child to be liked by everyone. You raise a child…

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If you want to know how to handle a crew, it's great to be part of a crew.

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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…

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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,…

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I'm a lapsed altar boy.

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“I say making movies is like eating a sandwich of shit. Sometimes you get more bread, sometimes less bread, but you always get shit."…

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'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…

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Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl who played…

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“All belief systems are elaborate fabrications, if logic is followed out to the end.”

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Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.

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Normally a period movie has a lot of problems with the graphics. They look modern made.

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