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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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Eli Roth

Horror

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I can think of endless horrible things to do to people! "

" As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The scariest people are usually the sweetest. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Eli Roth

Healthy

Important

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Eli Roth

Feel

You

" '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. "

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

" 'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific. "

" For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit. "

" 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. "