When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight - it's faster in a way.
Guillermo del ToroWhat we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someoneโs library is like peeking into their DNA.
Guillermo del ToroWhen the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.
Guillermo del ToroSomebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".
Guillermo del ToroWhen somebody says something I don't agree with, I say I'd rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, "no". And that is the one word we have in common.
Guillermo del ToroThe idea for me is that if the movie connects with you the way I want it to connect with you, you should be experiencing both the horror and the wonder as a child would. From a child's point of view. When we're kids, brutality registers differently than when we are adults. Because as adults, we get too used to violence.
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