For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
The great thing about Roald Dahl is he tackled the big questions of life without any fear of being shocking or brutal,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
There's something worse than not making a movie. It's doing it for the wrong reasons. Then you end up putting three, four,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“All art is portraiture and all art is political: those are the things that you cannot avoid. When someone sees you in… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“I don't think there is life beyond death, I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
We're in three living groups, 'cause even after the world's ended some assholes still can't get along. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life?… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
There's nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I think we live in a culture that is actually hedging all of it towards comfort and immediacy, things that scare me.… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I don't think there is life beyond death. I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I would like to avoid dying if possible. I do like living! The worst, I think for me, though, would be a… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the flesh– whatever pleasures we… — 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
“Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death.” — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
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… — 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've been going through immigration all my life, and I've been stopped for traffic violations by cops, and they get much more… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful of my life and my career and the movies I've been able to make. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“You’re always just a little too late. You’ve spent half your life battling regrets. Making up for the past rather than getting… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“What is life, in the end, but a series of small victories and larger failures?” — 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 Image
When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
If you want to know how to handle a crew, it's great to be part of a crew. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
