Guillermo del Toro

You come back another three weeks, I'll buy you a reel of Super 8.

He didn't want to raise us as if we had everything.

So, you know, none of us had access to that money.

He had the money to pay for the ransom, but none of us could access it.

I had some money left from Mimic when he was kidnapped.

I put it all in.

Friends of his gave us loans.

It's a long story and not a very pleasant one about the nature of humanity, but we managed to collect it.

We had a negotiator.

That came from England, and that negotiation was paid by Jim Cameron, who has been my friend for more than 30 years.

The director.

The director, yeah.

Who directed Titanic, among other things.

Titanic, Terminator 2, Avatar, yeah.

Yeah, eventually, I mean, that was a source of disconnect.

I had to move to Texas, and for a couple of years, you know, we didn't stay in very close contact.

You know, it's too personal to discuss, but, you know, eventually he came around, and he did pay me back, and I think we ended up in great love and great understanding of

The fact that my dad was not my dad.

He was a guy that played my dad on my particular sitcom.

And my dad and I understood each other.