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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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" 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. "

Eli Roth

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" I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet. "

" 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. "

" What I've always thought I would do is make a bunch of movies and then stop to teach for awhile. And then just teach at film schools - you know, teach children. "

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

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

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

" 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

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

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

" I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. "

" What's important for me is staying healthy. "

Eli Roth

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" As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed. "

" I have a strong art-history background. "

Eli Roth

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

" 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. "

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

" I have the infinite galaxy from '2001' as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars. "

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

" 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? "

" My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them. "

" The scariest people are usually the sweetest. "

" I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like... ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it. "

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

" 'Eraserhead' is a weird, horrible nightmare, and it doesn't narratively make sense. Stuff's happening, but you honestly feel like you're in a nightmare, and it has such disturbing imagery that it stays with you forever once you've seen it. "

" I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates. "

" 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. "

" When people direct insults at me, I can take it. "

" I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor. "

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