Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.

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

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

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

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

May the Lord give you grace to handle life’s challenges.

This was why I hated beautiful people. They build you up and then they destroy you. And we let 'em.

Despite all of our flaws, God still loves us unconditionally. So why then should you dare to turn your back on loving your true positive self, unconditionally?

Parenting is tough.

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.

Some tulips last so long you could almost dust them off, and others you can't trust over night.

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

I would love to be a role model.

If the thrill is gone, it's time to take it back.

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