Guillermo del Toro has achieved the best of both worlds in filmmaking. He’s made movies that have become iconic in popular culture, found commercial success and earned a ton of acclaim and accolades, including three Oscar wins. You’d think that would warrant the writer/director to be able to make anything he wants to, right? Per del Toro’s recent comments, even over 30 years into making movies in Hollywood, he still often gets rejected by studios, and he talked about that experience while comparing the filmmaking experience to being a "sandwich of shit."
Now, Guillermo del Toro does love to take big risks in his filmmaking, be it a romance between a human and a sea creature, or a Pinocchio movie that confronts Fascist Italy. His tastes may not exactly be mainstream, but they just about always find an audience to adore it. When del Toro recently spoke to his experience with studios, he warned studios are more interested in 'grinding out shit and destroying your art.' Also, in his words:
