Guillermo del Toro

If you give an actor a green screen, the shot may work, but that green screen will not inspire you on the set as a director or as an actor. ”

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen. ”

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

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

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism. ”

Every project that you write about or read about, it goes through years of hard work. We write a screenplay; we design. Then you submit those and the budget, and it's out of your hands. ”

I would have killed to do 'Beauty And The Beast' at Warners, which went away. I would have killed to do 'The Witches' at Warners that went away. God knows there are many, many of them. All I can do is diligently do the screenplay, diligently do the design work, deliver a budget, and then await a decision. ”