Eli Roth Quotes
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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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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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What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.
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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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I have a strong art-history background.
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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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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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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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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
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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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Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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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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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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If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.
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Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.