Robert Eggers Quotes

Robert Eggers
Robert Eggers
American Director
Born: Jul 7, 1983
About Lighthouse Me People Think You
The more you try to turn away from darkness, the more darkness is right against your back. Robert Eggers
You Darkness Try Back More Against Turn Your Away Right
I think the thing that is most influential about 'Haxan' is the casting of the witches as just old women and the strength of that. Robert Eggers
Strength Women Old Think I Think About Casting Most Witches Just Influential Old Women Thing
I saw a picture of Max Schreck as Count Orlok in a book in my elementary school and I lost my mind. Robert Eggers
Book School Mind Picture Lost Saw Count Max Elementary Elementary School
When I was younger, I used to think it was kind of cool to abuse actors mentally, but I really disagree with that now. Robert Eggers
Disagree Think Kind Mentally Abuse Younger Really Used Cool Now Actor
The intention behind 'The Witch' was to be very restrained. I think that story, while it sometimes annoys me, needed to take itself incredibly seriously. Robert Eggers
Me Sometimes Seriously Think Incredibly I Think Restrained Take Witch Annoys Itself Very Behind Intention Story While Needed
Guillermo del Toro is able to invent his worlds. I would find the pressure of having to invent crippling. Robert Eggers
Pressure Invent Worlds Crippling Would Find Able Having His
The 'Friday the 13th' Jason movies were way too scary for me. Robert Eggers
Me Too Way Scary Were Friday Movies Jason
I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations to make a profit, and that's where you run into trouble. Robert Eggers
You Trouble Profit Think I Think Marketplace Run Put Genre Make Box Limiting Expectations Where Create Things
I grew up doing a lot of theater - acting and making sets and costumes. Robert Eggers
Sets Costumes Making Doing Lot Up Grew Theater Acting
The Lighthouse' couldn't have been made without this kind of freedom that is allowed to some filmmakers to be able to play around with genre. Jennifer Kent's 'Nightingale' is more horrific than any horror movie - but also, I don't think you could make that movie without this kind of freedom. Robert Eggers
Freedom You Made Think Kind Able Some Horrific Horror More Horror Movie Could Allowed Lighthouse Also Genre Make Around Without Been Than Any Movie Jennifer Play Kent Filmmakers
What's important to me about horror stories is to look at what's actually horrifying about humanity, instead of shining a flashlight on it and running away giggling. Robert Eggers
Me Humanity Important Running Running Away About Horrifying Horror Instead Look Shining Stories Away Actually
My brother and I grew up in a setting in the woods very much like 'The Witch' in southern New Hampshire, and then we would drive up north to Maine to settings like 'The Lighthouse' for vacations. Robert Eggers
Drive Setting Settings Would Brother Maine Lighthouse New Like Witch New Hampshire Hampshire Up Very Southern North Woods Grew Then Much Vacations
The Witch' was intended to be a horror movie. Robert Eggers
Horror Horror Movie Witch Intended Movie
Since the release of 'The Witch,' I'm actually much more warm towards bad horror movies than I was making 'The Witch.' Robert Eggers
Release Bad Horror More Horror Movies Towards Since Witch Making Than Movies Warm Much Actually
For some reason, no one wanted to give me money to make a movie written in early modern English that involved a lot of puritans praying - even if it did involve a witch. Robert Eggers
Me Money Some Give Give Me Puritans No-One Written Involve Witch Involved Make Praying Lot Did Modern Movie Wanted Reason English Even Early
Basically, I was always disappointed that the witches weren't real when we learned about the Salem witch trials. Robert Eggers
Trials About Disappointed Witch Witches Learned Always Real Were Salem Basically
Conan the Barbarian,' 'Star Wars,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Wizard of Oz' were my earliest VHS obsessions. Robert Eggers
Mary Mary Poppins Conan Obsessions Wizard Wizard Of Oz Were Oz Barbarian Wars Star Star Wars Earliest
The Witch' was very well planned, but 'The Lighthouse' was so much more so. Robert Eggers
More Lighthouse Witch Well Very Much Planned
The Wicked Witch of the West really scared me as a child. Robert Eggers
Me Wicked Scared Witch West Child Really
Parajanov's love for the folk culture is quite infectious. The way that he loves everything on screen, I relate. Robert Eggers
Love Culture Relate On-Screen Everything Way Folk He Infectious Quite Screen Loves
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