I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down. — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre. — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things. — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
You have to write scenes and design scenes that are scary and horrific, but that are also watchable. I didn't want people… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
'Eraserhead' is a weird, horrible nightmare, and it doesn't narratively make sense. Stuff's happening, but you honestly feel like you're in a… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying.… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
I don't want people to feel: "Why am I watching this? It's sick and sadistic." I want people to watch and think… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share
Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was… — Eli Roth Copy Share
I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles… — Eli Roth Copy Share
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share
I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to… — Eli Roth Copy Share
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.… — Eli Roth Copy Share
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share
Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere. — Eli Roth Copy Share
I was listening to music to kind of pump myself up and get psyched up, like I was listening to Iron Maiden and Misfits… — Eli Roth Copy Share
One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it. — Eli Roth Copy Share
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… — Eli Roth Copy Share
