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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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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Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore.
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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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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
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What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.
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What's important for me is staying healthy.
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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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You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.
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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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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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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.
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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'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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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 can think of endless horrible things to do to people!
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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
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The scariest people are usually the sweetest.
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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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Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.
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I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.
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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.
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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 have a strong art-history background.