Guillermo del Toro Quotes

The way I love monsters is a Mexican way of loving monsters, which is that I am not judgmental. The Anglo way of seeing things is that monsters are exceptional and bad, and people are good. But in my movies, creatures are taken for granted.

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.

There is a heavy Mexican Catholic streak in my movies, and a huge Mexican sense of melodrama. Everything is overwrought, and there's a sense of acceptance of the fantastic in my films, which is innately Mexican. So when people ask, 'How can you define the Mexican-ness of your films?' I go, 'How can I not?' It's all I am.

More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.

For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.