Eli Roth quotes - page 2

I saw Alien when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars and that's the movie that made me want to be a director. (Eli Roth)
I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. View quote
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I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop. View quote
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I have a strong art-history background. View quote
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Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing. View quote
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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. View quote
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I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time. View quote
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I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD. View quote
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Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor. View quote
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Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things. View quote
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I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying. (Eli Roth)
Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with. View quote
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge. View quote
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Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids. View quote
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Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there. View quote
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Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out. View quote
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Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it. View quote
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Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist. View quote
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For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit. View quote
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I can think of endless horrible things to do to people! View quote
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I get a little too obsessive with work. (Eli Roth)
I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet. View quote
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'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart. View quote
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'Troll 2' is one of the rare sequels where you don't have to waste time watching the first one, since the films have absolutely nothing to do with one another. View quote
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I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it. View quote
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