Eli Roth Quotes: top 73 famous quotes about Eli Roth

Eli Roth Quotes & Sayings

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Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist. — Eli Roth

I never put out a vanilla edition of a DVD. — Eli Roth

I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film." — Eli Roth

In musical theater, if you have a song, it has to advance the plot. If you have a song in a musical and it does not advance the plot, it gets dropped. — Eli Roth

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. — Eli Roth

I can think of endless horrible things to do to people! — Eli Roth

Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?' — Eli Roth

Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly. — Eli Roth

I want it to be able to hold up in 30 years' time. So, I'm really thinking about everything. — Eli Roth

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star. — Eli Roth

What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies. — Eli Roth

Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it. — Eli Roth

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash. — Eli Roth

If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done. — Eli Roth

Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. — Eli Roth

I have a strong art-history background. — Eli Roth

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think. — Eli Roth

Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids. — Eli Roth

Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real. — Eli Roth

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me. — Eli Roth

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. — Eli Roth

When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation. — Eli Roth

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with. — Eli Roth

If I don't come home covered head to toe in fake blood then I haven't done my job as a horror director. — Eli Roth

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor. — Eli Roth

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead. — Eli Roth

The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap. — Eli Roth

I want a movie that 30 years from now, people can look back and see it as a reflection of where the culture was at - as a barometer of the culture. — Eli Roth

Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture. — Eli Roth

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter. — Eli Roth

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there. — Eli Roth

One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it. — Eli Roth

Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops. — Eli Roth

I like movies like Mother's Day, where you watch it, and you've liked it for years as a horror movie. — Eli Roth

When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up. — Eli Roth

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them. — Eli Roth

I have control issues. For sure, no question. — Eli Roth

I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it. — Eli Roth

I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging. — Eli Roth

I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. — Eli Roth

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity. — Eli Roth

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes. — Eli Roth

Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore. — Eli Roth

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. — Eli Roth

I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies. — Eli Roth

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts. — Eli Roth

It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre. — Eli Roth

I get a little too obsessive with work. — Eli Roth

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. — Eli Roth

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials. — Eli Roth

'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being sacrificed for it. — Eli Roth

I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both. — Eli Roth

The scariest people are usually the sweetest. — Eli Roth

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time. — Eli Roth

People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie. — Eli Roth

I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down. — Eli Roth

If you don't want to be scared in a horror film, don't close your eyes. Close your ears. — Eli Roth

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates. — Eli Roth

Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing. — Eli Roth

For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit. — Eli Roth

What's important for me is staying healthy. — Eli Roth

All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence." — Eli Roth

When people direct insults at me, I can take it. — Eli Roth

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director. — Eli Roth

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. — Eli Roth

As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge. — Eli Roth

Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things. — Eli Roth

Even the European critics ... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far. — Eli Roth

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts. — Eli Roth

I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent. — Eli Roth

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

Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out. — Eli Roth

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.' — Eli Roth