Joe Dante Quotes

I'd love to make a film like 'Pan's Labyrinth.'

I thought Pan's Labyrinth was one of the greatest films I've ever seen, just pure artistry. Guillermo Del Toro is just really something, this guy. And he's a real mensch: down-to-earth, funny, huggy, and terrific.

Most of the time - in 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Devil's Backbone' - I'm talking about my childhood.

'E.T.' depended absolutely on the concept of cinema, and I think that Steven Spielberg, who I'm very fond of, is a genius.

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

'Pied Piper' came to me all at once; I wanted to do a fairy-tale movie with some edge, but not 'dark,' per se.

Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

One of my favorite films is 'Big Fish,' which I think is a masterpiece.

I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I think it was my first time realizing that there was something besides popcorn movies.

I love 'Spirited Away,' that's a huge one.

Cinema will always remember 'Life Of Pi.'

Miyazaki is a genius. He is the legend.

Cinema is like dream.

Sci-fi and horror, particularly, allow a storyteller to depart from, let's say, the demands of cinema verite or kitchen-sink realism or, even, just relatable dramas and can go into areas that are either - in the case of horror - more primally effective or, in the case of sci-fi, more speculative or imaginative.

Jon Chu is an absolute genius with his story-weaving.

To me, film is the most complete method of storytelling.

I have been a fan of movies from a very young age, and somehow, the magic of that - every single time I hear something or read something that could be made into a wonderful film or something somebody is asking me to be a part of - that connects. It just makes me feel like I'm going to be part of something magical again.

Genre is great and I love sci-fi.

Play is a medium of word and film is a medium of picture.

I love fairy tales.

The wonderful thing about cinema is you can bring a 3D world to life.

Many of the elements associated with storybook mythology and gothic aesthetics are actually not expressive.

All great cinema has the sense of the dynamic, the transitional, mixed with the mythical and the sense of ritual.

The first I paid to see with my own money was 'Laputa Castle In The Sky.' And I was like, wow! I really shocked by it. So I want to make movies that have a similar impact on the audience to that.

Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.