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Eli Roth

(1972) Film Producer United States

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Eli Roth is a film producer from the United States, best known for Death wish.

Quick Facts About Eli Roth

Born: April 18, 1972
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Producer
Notable works: Death wish
Spouse: Lorenza Izzo

About Eli Roth

Eli Roth, whose full name is Eli Raphael Roth, works in the American film industry as a director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is most closely linked to the horror genre, particularly splatter films, and he directed the movies Cabin Fever in 2002 and Hostel in 2005.

Quotes by Eli Roth · Page 2

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

Film

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I have control issues. For sure, no question.

Control

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I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.

Cinema

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People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.

Cinema

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Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.

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Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

Actor

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What's important for me is staying healthy.

Health

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It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first…

Film

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

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All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."

Copycat

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I like movies like 'Mother's Day', where you watch it, and you've liked it for years as a horror movie.

Cinema

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Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.

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Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the…

Film

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If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

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I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I…

Character

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I've always wanted to be involved in an exorcism movie. But I thought, "How do you make something scarier than The Exorcist?"…

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You'd be lucky to get tortured to death in one of my films. It's the best thing that could happen to your…

Best things

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I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes…

Astronomy

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'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…

Cabins

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You do need an outlet to release all of those fears. You build it up and then, when you go to a…

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I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this…

Hate

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There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the…

Around the world

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As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job…

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Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while…

Brother

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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…

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The censors were great. There's always back and forth. But it's 'Hostel 2', it's not 'Happy Feet 2'. Everybody knows what Hostel…

Advertising

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I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers…

Adults

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It's the difference between hunting a lion and hunting a deer. If someone hunts a lion, it's like: "Wow, they're brave!" But…

Brave

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You can pretend everything's fine, but if there's an unhappiness or you're not having sex or you're not communicating or you're made…

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Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.

Horror

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Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.

Cities

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I have a strong art-history background.

Art

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I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.

Epic

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

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I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."

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Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

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

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

Distributor

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