Guillermo del Toro Quotes

I'm so excited to see 'Horns' because it's so many different genres in one film. It's a sci-fi, it's a love story, it's a horror movie, it's a fairy tale.

For me, my mythology growing up was 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' and 'Star Wars' and 'E.T.' and 'Ghostbusters.' That's what I grew up on, and there aren't many people who can write that kind of scale of story, stories that are that big.

I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.

I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing.

I have always been a fan of genre stuff and fantasy and sci-fi.

I love crime, I love sci-fi and many other things.

I love horror, fantasy and sci-fi. Those are my genres of love and devotion.

I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.

I watched 'Iron Man 3' the other night, and my chin was on the floor. 'Vikingdom' is a different type of movie, because it's rooted in reality. The characters are more real; they're not these superhuman people who can fly and do things.

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired me. I wanted to take those themes and try to bring it into a more 21st story with aliens.

After 'Blankets,' I was sick of drawing myself and doing this autobiographical, mundane, Midwestern sort of comics. I wanted to create something bigger than myself and outside myself.

I'm not meant to run around trees. I can't throw my arms in the air and sing, I find that boring and irritating. Sweet romcoms are not my cup of tea. The film has to be a little twisted and quirky.

I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.

Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Everybody loves monsters.

What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion takes something on the page that's really dark and adds a little sweetness to it, a living toys realm.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.

For me personally, I think I just enjoy movies about werewolves or vampires because it's not like an everyday thing. It's something you can really escape into.

The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.

I like very human stories that venture into sci-fi or the supernatural or areas that I think occupy a lot of space in our collective memory for the films that we loved as children.

I love the action stuff. Honestly, I like sci-fi and everything supernatural.

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.