Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro Receives Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has

been

honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 6. During the ceremony, the 54-year-old producer and director posed for the cameras with a Mexican flag as a proclamation of his identity.

Del Toro asked others to not believe in the divisive messages that target immigrants, especially Hispanics and Latinos. "Right

now we are in a moment of great fear,

” del Toro said during the event. “It’s used to tell us

that we’re all different, that we shouldn’t trust each other, and these lies makes us easier to control and easier to hate each other. But what brings us together is realizing those fears are complete fantasies.”

“As a Mexican, receiving this star is a gesture and no gesture right now can be banal or simple. This is very important this is happening right now because I can tell to all of you, all immigrants from every nation, that you should believe in the possibilities and not the obstacles. Do not believe the lies they tell about us. Believe in the stories you have inside, and believe that we all can make a difference, and we all have stories to tell, and we all can contribute to the art, and the craft, and the world in any way we see fit,” del Toro continued.

Guillermo del Toro is known for the Academy Award-winning fantasy films Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and The Shape of Water (2017), winning the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for the latter.

Del Toro's fanatics took Twitter to congratulate the filmmaker:

"He

is a great example for all of us of someone who brings, builds, and leaves his best. And someone

who is proud of his origin and defends and presumes it. Congratulations to him," wrote Martha Montero.

"What

a pride I feel! Deserve a Peace prize," said Malu Andrade on Twitter.