Facts about Guillermo del Toro

Occup.Director
FromMexico
BornOctober 9, 1964
Age59 years

Summary

Guillermo del Toro is a famous Director from Mexico, he/she is 59 years old and still alive, born October 9, 1964.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Guillermo.

Related authors: Charlie Hunnam (Actor), Tom Hiddleston (Actor)

24 Famous quotes by Guillermo del Toro

Small: Im a lapsed altar boy
"I'm a lapsed altar boy"
Small: I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror
"I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror"
Small: Theyre getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful
"They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do"
Small: In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if its too loud, youre too old
"In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old"
Small: For Devils Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot
"For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot"
Small: For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made
"For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made"
Small: Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined
"Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined"
Small: The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and m
"The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good"
Small: I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
"I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen"
Small: I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films
"I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films"
Small: I see horror as part of legitimate film. I dont see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do w
"I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema"
Small: I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude m
"I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue"
Small: Well I think effects are tools
"Well I think effects are tools"
Small: I was directing before I knew it was called that
"I was directing before I knew it was called that"
Small: I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit
"I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit"
Small: What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek
"What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek"
Small: There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been an
"There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created"
Small: Its only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism
"It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism"
Small: Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters
"Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters"
Small: Id grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called di
"I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing"
Small: I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 o
"I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm"
Small: When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly
"When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly"
Small: I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
"I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others"
Small: But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devils Backbone and
"But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling"