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" Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops. "
Eli Roth
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Never
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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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" Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things. "
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" I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent. "
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" I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero. "
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" It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre. "
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" For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit. "
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" The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap. "
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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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" Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with. "
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" Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star. "
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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 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. "
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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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" Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way. "
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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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" '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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" '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. "
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" I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic. "
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" Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real. "
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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. "
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