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 ToroEven if one understands that what one is doing is mad, it is indeed still madness -
Guillermo del ToroI thought the tooth fairy was a very creepy concept as a kid. "Put your tooth under the pillow." I was like "Why does someone want my teeth?".
Guillermo del Toro