As a filmmaker, what's cool about horror is you're not really as confined as you are in other genres. — Ti West Copy Share Image
The goal with 'X' was to make you think about filmmaking, and think about horror filmmaking, and hopefully just be like, pumped. — Ti West Copy Share Image
I have plenty of scripts and ideas and all that that are not horror films. — Ti West Copy Share Image
It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I like that people who don't watch horror movies are a little more open to it in October. — Ti West Copy Share Image
If I was sort of attached to someone else's work, and doing a horror movie as a career move... I don't know.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I always try to rope people in who don't watch horror movies. I figure, you might not watch horror movies, but you'll… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think the best horror is often a metaphor or keys into people's real life paranoia. — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think there's a distance from Jonestown or any kind of tragic event you hear about on the news. There's a safe… — Ti West Copy Share Image
With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take… — Ti West Copy Share Image
For me, I don't think you can have a successful - and by successful I don't mean financially, I mean successful in… — Ti West Copy Share Image
We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of… — Ti West Copy Share Image
It's fun when someone who ordinarily wouldn't watch 'Nightmare on Elm Street 4' is like, 'Well, it's on TV and I'm curious… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think a good horror movie, like anything else, should be a movie first, a horror movie second and it should treat… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I really like the horror genre - it's not the only thing I like, but as long as I can do what… — Ti West Copy Share Image
A lot of the times characters in horror movies are almost like born and bred to be in horror movies. I always… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I have a romantic comedy I'd love to make, but I can't get the money for it. It's hard to get people… — Ti West Copy Share Image
To me, making a horror movie is about how you can present similar genre familiarities, but present them a little bit differently.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise. — Ti West Copy Share Image
The Eighties were the last decade where the actual filmmaking was still treated with some respect, even if it was horror. — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think, somewhat historically, for me, the people who like my movies the most are people that are on the fence about… — Ti West Copy Share Image
People always ask what makes a good horror movie and it's essentially one big thing-contrast. All of the stuff in the film… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you need a strong contrast. Otherwise, it just becomes titillation and shock value.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character… — Ti West Copy Share
Technology has just been the major progression of the last 15 years - instant communication. That stuff has gone so global. That's what's interesting… — Ti West Copy Share
I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people… — Ti West Copy Share
Conversations about piracy don't have to be condemning. They don't have to be preachy, self serving or reactionary. — Ti West Copy Share
Because everybody is so ADD and everybody is trying to move the plot so fast, there's very little sense of geography in movies anymore.… — Ti West Copy Share
You get to actually make your movie. As a filmmaker, that's the dream. That's why you get up in the morning, to be able… — Ti West Copy Share
It would be dishonest to say winning an Oscar wouldn't be awesome. I'm sure it would be great, but if it matters all that… — Ti West Copy Share
In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I never imagined;… — Ti West Copy Share
It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back… — Ti West Copy Share
I've messed with Ouija boards. And I've snuck into the basement of an abandoned mental hospital that's supposed to be haunted, that kind of… — Ti West Copy Share
For me, the goal of directing is to feel like you're experiencing what the character is going through, whether they're slowly walking or running. — Ti West Copy Share
It's fun when someone who ordinarily wouldn't watch 'Nightmare on Elm Street 4' is like, 'Well, it's on TV and I'm curious to see… — Ti West Copy Share
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