It’s always good to have a limit because it forces you to think about all the ways to get what you want. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
After ‘The Orphanage’ and ‘The Impossible,’ ‘A Monster Calls’ is the perfect final chapter in a trilogy centred on the extraordinary strength of the mother-child bond. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
Every Monday night, there was a scary movie on Spanish TV, so my parents used to send me to bed. I remember lying there, listening to the TV, and imagining the movie in my head. And so probably the scariest movies I ever saw in my life were the ones I imagined. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
There is a company in Barcelona called Headless, and I was a huge fan. I love their style. I had been trying to work with them for years. ‘A Monster Calls’ was the perfect project to work on with them. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
With actors, it’s really about feeding them all the time. I don’t get involved in their process. I try to do the opposite, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, and you can see very easily how they react to it. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
I think your behavior is different when you work on digital or film. It seems that… I feel most focused if I’m working on film. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
Music is very helpful, not just for the actors, but the whole crew and myself. It gives you the tone of the scene. Everyone is focused on the tone of the scene when we are shooting, and we are having an emotional reaction to the music immediately. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
When you’re portraying a tough situation, you have to show some of the things in there. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote
You’re watching the movie for the first time when you’re working with the actors in front of the camera. You don’t think about how the audience will react. You discover the film. Juan Antonio Bayona Read Quote