I'm sad that ma-and-pa video stores are going, I'm not sad that Blockbuster's gone. — Ti West Copy Share Image
The movies aren't going anywhere, because telling stories is how people communicate. — 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
From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much - I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence]… — Ti West Ability Copy Share Image
It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look at it [Valley of Violence] and go, "How did we do that?" But it's a credit to Ethan [Hawke],… — Ti West Credit Copy Share Image
There's three 'Silence of the Lambs' movies, and Hannibal Lecter is the through line, but they're not directly connected. — Ti West Cinema Copy Share Image
I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's… — Ti West Film Copy Share Image
I get a little off-put when people see 'The House of the Devil' as an homage to the Eighties because I consider… — Ti West Devil Copy Share Image
Really, I wanted to make a movie [Valley Of Violence] about: How does violence affect people? This is a take from me… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Cabin Fever 2' could have been this totally unique crazy type of cult movie but, unfortunately, it's not the movie that I… — Ti West Copy Share Image
They're both [Ethan Hawke and John Travolta] so good. It's hard to explain. But they're consummate professionals and you see the little… — Ti West Choices Copy Share Image
The thing about, say something like, 'MaXXXine,' is because it's the 1980s, everything that's in front of the camera has to get… — Ti West Communication Copy Share Image
I don't think you want to preach to people. I don't think In A Valley Of Violence, and the same with The… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Low-budget movies is fine for me, I have no qualms about it, but when you want to do something - build a… — Ti West Cinema 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
That's what's interesting about people. It can be funny, but when [John] Travolta got there and did [comic moments] you're like, "Oh!… — Ti West Comic 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 Control Copy Share Image
Most of the time when you see movies with cults, they're the bad guys. And they're the bad guys from the moment… — Ti West Copy Share Image
It's unreal. I mean, the dog backflips. It's amazing. Google Jumpy on YouTube - I had seen the dog first and I… — 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
X' was a movie that in some ways was about how independent filmmaking had an effect on people. 'Pearl' in many ways… — Ti West Film 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 Film Copy Share Image
The Innkeepers were two nerds in a dead-end job and then they try to get involved and they get in over their… — Ti West Dead ends Copy Share Image
Joe Swanberg, the Duplass Brothers - we all came up the same time, in 2005, and all became friends and aligned ourselves… — Ti West Brothers Copy Share Image
I've done it with all my films. I always keep an eye on the first time I show it because... I don't… — Ti West Cinema Copy Share Image
I am desperately trying to come up with a film project that is related to mixed martial arts. In fact, I would… — Ti West Art Copy Share Image
I feel like the choices you make when you write, when you shoot and when you edit are all connected. I don't… — Ti West Choices Copy Share Image
Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog… — 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 Genre Copy Share Image
If you ever see the director pulling people aside, that means something's not working. Because you're trying to figure out why it's… — Ti West Cinema Copy Share Image
I think the gangster way to do it is to go out on your own, build up your own thing, and then… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I'd been all hyped about it, I was like, "Please come," and to have that and know Tommy Nohilly is probably going… — Ti West Copy Share Image
If there's ever a reason to be in traffic, it should be because Will Smith is flipping a car in the middle… — 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 Career Copy Share Image
I've always had this obsession with Satanic Panic and I like the idea of the mysticism, where, like, religion and horror meet.… — Ti West Mysticism Copy Share Image
To me, when you watch a Hitchcock movie and as soon as theBernard Hermannscore comes in, you're aware. You know it's there.… — Ti West Hitchcock 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
For me, the goal of directing is to feel like you're experiencing what the character is going through, whether they're slowly walking… — Ti West Character Copy Share Image
I get a lot of movie stars telling me they saw my movie and then I'm like, 'You know I offered that… — Ti West Film Copy Share Image
![“From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much - I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence] - and it gives them the ability to go wild with it and to have performances that are memorable.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/105/ti-west-2310_ability_from-a-performance-standpoint-it-just-gi_1042593.jpg)
![“Sometimes I look at it [Valley of Violence] and go, "How did we do that?" But it's a credit to Ethan [Hawke], he had done White Fang, so Ethan is like, "Oh God, that's right."” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fa9/ti-west-2310_credit_sometimes-i-look-at-it-valley-of-violenc_601309.jpg)
![“Really, I wanted to make a movie [Valley Of Violence] about: How does violence affect people? This is a take from me on how violence affects people.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/83b/ti-west-2310_doe_really-i-wanted-to-make-a-movie-valley-o_305552.jpg)
![“They're both [Ethan Hawke and John Travolta] so good. It's hard to explain. But they're consummate professionals and you see the little choices they make - you see it in their eye. You see these little details they do where you go, "That's why they're them."” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ac3/ti-west-2310_choices_they-re-both-ethan-hawke-and-john-travol_997474.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)
![“That's what's interesting about people. It can be funny, but when [John] Travolta got there and did [comic moments] you're like, "Oh! This is really funny." Or when Karen [Gillan] and Taissa [Farmiga] do something, I'm like, "This came out so much funnier."” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/426/ti-west-2310_comic_that-s-what-s-interesting-about-people-i_277612.jpg)
![“It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the horses.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/656/ti-west-2310_could-have-been_it-definitely-could-have-been-a-horror-s_1005685.jpg)
![“Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/35e/ti-west-2310_all-time_jumpy-is-the-most-incredible-animal-of-a_2666997.jpg)
