Guillermo del Toro Quotes

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

As the director, I try to go in and know as much as I can about the material. I really try to go in and understand what all the characters are about, what the movie's going to look like.

As a producer, I learned not to declare anything about a movie I'm not directing.

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

I love the process of making a movie so much as an actor that I can only imagine I would love the process of being the director.

The one thing I want to do - and I am doing - is starting my own production company, for me to produce and direct in the future. Have a bit more say and control - become the storyteller more than just the character. I want to choose the story, plant the seed, and watch it grow. I just want to have a bit more involvement.

I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

Every big-budget film is powered by a director's vision. I blindly follow the instructions of my director, believe in him, and deliver what he exactly wants from me.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.