--- title: "1 Director Know Quotes By Eli Roth" description: "1 Director Know quotes by Eli Roth. Plus more from Eli Roth and more Director Know sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/eli-roth-2841_act_as-a-director-you-have-to-know-what-acto_1012187.jpg" --- > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/as-a-director-you-have-to-know-what-actors-are-doing-you-re-the-one/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/eli-roth-2841_act_as-a-director-you-have-to-know-what-acto_1012187.jpg) ## More by Eli Roth > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-idea-that-there-s-no-such-thing-as/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/twitter-is-wonderful-you-can-kill-rumours-instantly/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/shooting-at-quentin-tarantino-movie-was-like-a-masterclass-in/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-need-to-eliminate-like-from-my-vocabulary-i-begin-sentences-with/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [ I started the film \[Hostel Part II\]with the girls in an art class and there's a nude male model. People think that women are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-started-the-film-hostel-part-ii-with-the-girls-in-an-art-class-and/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-have-so-many-different-projects-i-hear-voices-in-my-head-the/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-d-love-to-see-us-get-to-a-point-where-you-can-make-a-movie-and-not/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/a-comedy-can-actually-get-funnier-and-funnier-even-though-you-know/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [The point of the first one was that it was about guys being lured by sex and the stereotypes... I always say it's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/the-point-of-the-first-one-was-that-it-was-about-guys-being-lured-by/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-ve-always-dreamed-of-having-a-year-round-haunted-house/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/look-at-comic-books-it-used-to-be-something-that-only-geeks-were-into/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I was listening to music to kind of pump myself up and get psyched up, like I was listening to Iron Maiden and Misfits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-was-listening-to-music-to-kind-of-pump-myself-up-and-get-psyched-up/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/one-of-the-great-elements-of-the-supernatural-is-having-that-mystery/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/if-you-are-having-fun-on-the-set-you-are-not-getting-things-done/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [I hear what people say, I read all the reviews, all the blogs, and I am always curious to hear it, because you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-hear-what-people-say-i-read-all-the-reviews-all-the-blogs-and-i-am/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/director-know/eli-roth/#itemlist", "name": "1 Director Know Quotes By Eli Roth", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. 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