You live and die two or three times making a movie. First, you write it, and the first pivotal moment comes when you can get it made. The second is in the process of making it, when the movie reveals itself to you, its flaws and its virtues. Then the most unnerving moment is when that movie is then launched into the world. Itโs like bringing your kid to the first day at school and somebody points out that it has bowlegs, it is cross-eyed, or itโs gorgeous. You feel very exposed.
Guillermo del ToroI love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
Guillermo del ToroAs a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.
Guillermo del ToroI was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window.
Guillermo del Toro