The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against… — 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
I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I don't go to the movies for escapism, so I don't make movies for it either. And it's totally fine that people… — Ti West Copy Share Image
If 'X' is a movie about someone who wants to get into the movie business from the outside, and 'Pearl' is about… — 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 always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see… — Ti West Copy Share Image
You're limited to one image, but you can have 50 audio tracks. It's something you'd be foolish not to experiment with. So… — Ti West Copy Share Image
It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I wrote a movie called 'X' that I sent to A24. They said they would make it, and then Covid happened, and… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Movies aren't "slow burn," and aren't serious, aren't interesting, because everything from the movie to the promotional materials is telling you that… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You're with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half,… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think you make the movie in your head that you have to make, and you have to get it out of… — Ti West Copy Share Image
In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check… — 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
![“The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against some of the funnier comedies this year. I think it's genuinely really funny, but it's out of the gallows.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/910/ti-west-2310_comedy_the-movie-the-innkeepers-is-in-no-way-a_1585964.jpg)
![“Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]." I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b5b/ti-west-2310_bigs_tommy-nohilly-who-plays-tubby-valley-of_305382.jpg)
![“It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time."” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f55/ti-west-2310_being-crazy_it-s-this-long-monologue-in-valley-of-vi_3029823.jpg)
![“I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You're with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half, you're really with Ethan. For the second half, you're with him, but also you're with the bad guys because he kind of becomes the bad guy. No one's really good in the movie.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7cf/ti-west-2310_bad-guy_i-did-the-movie-valley-of-violence-from_2575611.jpg)
![“Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that's as far as I could go, and that's not even close. The dog's amazing.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/14d/ti-west-2310_blanket_everything-jumpy-could-do-in-valley-of-v_2210654.jpg)
