Eli Roth Quotes
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The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.
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You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.
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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.
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Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.
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What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.
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When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.
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I have a strong art-history background.
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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
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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.
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What's important for me is staying healthy.
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Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
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I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.
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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
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Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?
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One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing.
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I can think of endless horrible things to do to people!
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I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.
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There's a crazy, false notion that audiences are not patient or will not watch a story, that you have to put in a scare every ten minutes. But I always thought that was insane.
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I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective.
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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.
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I like to take risks and do weird things and stuff that's not normal compared to other Hollywood movies. Not stuff that's totally avant garde and daring, but doing stuff that's in other languages and not using stars and using real people - things that they generally don't do in mainstream films.
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I love movies that are just straight-up exploitation, but the ones that endure and the ones that last are the ones where the filmmakers put in that extra level of thought; after 25 years you put them on in front of an audience, and they'll respond to it and enjoy it.