42 Eli Roth Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eli Roth

American Director

Born: Apr 18, 1972

Horror Love Me People Think You

Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops. Eli Roth

City Vegas Never Stops Las Vegas

I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of. Eli Roth

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'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific. Eli Roth

I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero. Eli Roth

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I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears. Eli Roth

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I would love to do a musical! Eli Roth

Love Musical Would

I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. Eli Roth

Love Movies Mean Really

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. Eli Roth

Dreamed Haunted Having House Always Year-Round

It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one. Eli Roth

Good First Assumed Bad Horror Never First One Going Just Sequel

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor. Eli Roth

You Release Distributor Make Goal Movie Anytime Theatrical Right Wide

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. Eli Roth

See Horror Horror Movie Go Lots Want Movie Violence

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way. Eli Roth

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time. Eli Roth

Time Writing Kind One Thing Only Department Realized Multitask Thing

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. Eli Roth

Love Make Historical Want Movies Epic Violent Medieval

If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done. Eli Roth

You Having Having Fun Done Getting Fun Things Set

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there. Eli Roth

Work Down Could Talent Terrific Very Chile Double

There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the world for everyone to judge, but there's also something very thrilling and exciting about it. Eli Roth

What's important for me is staying healthy. Eli Roth

Me Important Healthy Staying

You know, the dirty secret in the Director's Guild is that the average life expectancy of Director's Guild members is 57 years old. The stress level is so high and directors are generally really out of shape, cause they sit in the chair and they eat craft service. Eli Roth

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As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act. Eli Roth

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People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie. Eli Roth

People See Disturbed Horror Horror Movie Go Want Movie

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates. Eli Roth

You Long Think Make Dictates Story Movies Should

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