Guillermo del Toro

format_quote It's harder for me to go back to Mexico right now, simply & basically for safety. It is sad for me but it would be quite irresponsible because I'm responsible for other's lives (his family) and can not afford to leave them fatherless

stars  Dec. 2007 - Ranked #37 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

stars  Turned down a chance to direct I Am Legend (2007), One Missed Call (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008) and Halo (2009) to work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).

stars  Lost 45 lbs. while making Laberinto del fauno, El (2006), which he admitted in the DVD's video prologue.

stars  Turned down a chance to direct Blade: Trinity (2004), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to work on his dream project: Hellboy (2004).

stars  In 2007, he was one of 10 Mexican Oscar-nominees. The others were Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga, Adriana Barraza, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo Navarro, Emmanuel Lubezki, Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta and Fernando Cámara.