Guillermo del Toro
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And that stayed with me for many decades.
I don't fear it anymore.
I don't fear that anymore.
I feel losing people, yes.
But me, I'm not afraid of dying, I hope.
You know, really, Terry, all this...
Great questions.
You know when they get resolved?
Right when the lights flutter and you are no longer a director or a general or a pope.
Right when you become just you and the lights are flickering out, that's when you realize what you did or didn't do in your life.
And that's the most momentous thing anyone can experience.
And you can go with great agitation or great peace.
Because ultimately that's the plea of the creature, too.
The plea of the creature is why.
Why did this thing happen to me?
And the answer is,
It comes at the end.
The final image of the film is what tells you what we can do.
I mean, acceptance is so profound.