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Death Quotes by Guillermo del Toro

9 Death quotes by Guillermo del Toro

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Del Toro’s love for dark fantasy and human drama converges in these brief reflections on death. The collection offers a window into his visual imagination applied to the final act, making it an intriguing, bite‑size entry for fans of his artistic vision.

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In Mexico, you're close to death all the time.

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“Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death.”

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The only true immortality is when you don't care if you die. The moment you stop giving credence to gain is when…

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Ultimately, you walk life side-by-side with death, and the Day of the Dead, curiously enough, is about life. It's an impulse that's…

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I would like to avoid dying if possible. I do like living! The worst, I think for me, though, would be a…

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When I did 'Mimic,' it was such a difficult experience to try to make. Believe it or not, I did try to…

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If we have a choice in how we die, I would say that's a privilege. I think we have a sort of…

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I don't think there is life beyond death. I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last…

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“I don't think there is life beyond death, I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last…

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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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