"Everything I do, I do it with the hope that people will watch it more than twice. Whether it's 'Pan'..." — Guillermo del Toro

I'm a book guy first, and my education came from two encyclopedias. One was an encyclopedia of health, so I became morbidly obsessed with anatomy, and I thought I had trichinosis, an aneurism, jaundice! And then an encyclopedia of art.

To me, movies are books. They are texts to be consulted.

I'm fortunate enough that my personal life falls into whack with my professional life. My kids love visiting the sets; they love the monsters.

I believe that we will elevate and differentiate the discourse of cinema the more we discuss image creation in specific terms.