Guillermo del Toro Quotes

There is beauty and humility in imperfection.

Guillermo del Toro

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

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I had nightmares as a kid. As an adult, I have very prosaic dreams.

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I think when we wake up in the morning, we can choose between fear and love. Every morning. And every morning, if you choose one, that doesn't define you until the end... The way you end your story is important. It's important that we choose love over fear, because love is the answer.

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I don't try to sanction other people's joy in monsters. I mean, I think the fact is, humor, fantasy - you know, like fear, desire or laughter - create genres of their own: comedy, melodrama, or erotic films or horror films... The boundaries cannot be defined. It's to each his own.

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There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense of acceptance of the fantastic in my films, which is innately Mexican. So when people ask, 'How can you define the Mexican-ness of your films?' I go, 'How can I not?' It's all I am.

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More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.

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For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.

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