You may occasionally be hurt by the sort of cavalier cruelty of commentary if you go into online forums, so thereโs definitely a maturity about not seeking validation from everyone, every single time.
Guillermo del ToroFor me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.
Guillermo del ToroImagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make the industry poorer, it makes the landscape of cinema poorer, in America. The impossibility to get a good release on a really good European, Latin American, Asian movie is a tragedy.
Guillermo del ToroI love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care much about the idea of normal - that's very abstract to me. I think that perfection is practically unattainable but imperfection is right at hand. So that's why I love monsters: because they represent a side of us we should actually embrace and celebrate.
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