Mexican filmmaker renowned for his fantastical visual style and emotionally rich narratives that explore the humanity within monsters and the magical within the ordinary.
Dreams are the only currency that matters. If you lose your dreams, you lose yourself.
Art is the only way to tell the truth in a world of lies. It's a form of resistance, a way of survival.
For me, storytelling is like breathing. You must know how to speed up, slow down, hold your breath. Rhythm is everything.
I keep all my ideas, all pieces of inspiration—sketches, notes, thoughts. They're like a cemetery where old ideas can be resurrected and become something new.
Pinocchio's story is about a boy choosing to be good despite the world around him. It's about choice in the face of impossibility.
Fantasy is not the opposite of reality—it's another way of speaking about it. Magic is truth told differently.
I've always believed that monsters are not just fear. They're metaphors for everything we don't understand. They need to be understood, not destroyed.