Guillermo del Toro Quotes

Guillermo del Toro — Mexican Director born on October 09, 1964,

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror film The Devil's Backbone , and Pan's Labyrinth , and more mainstream American action movies, such as the vampire superhero action film Blade II , the supernatural superhero film Hellboy , its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army , and the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim ... (wikipedia)

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

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.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.