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

Well I think effects are tools.
Guillermo del Toro

I was directing before I knew it was called that.
Guillermo del Toro

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.
Guillermo del Toro

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

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.
Guillermo del Toro

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

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window.
Guillermo del Toro