As a filmmaker, what's cool about horror is you're not really as confined as you are in other genres. — 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
I have plenty of scripts and ideas and all that that are not horror films. — Ti West Copy Share Image
I like that people who don't watch horror movies are a little more open to it in October. — 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 Copy Share Image
Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise. — Ti West Copy Share Image
The Eighties were the last decade where the actual filmmaking was still treated with some respect, even if it was horror. — Ti West Copy Share Image
With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think there's a distance from Jonestown or any kind of tragic event you hear about on the news. There's a safe… — Ti West Copy Share Image
We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of… — Ti West 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
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 really like the horror genre - it's not the only thing I like, but as long as I can do what… — Ti West Copy Share Image
People always ask what makes a good horror movie and it's essentially one big thing-contrast. All of the stuff in the film… — Ti West Copy Share Image
A lot of the times characters in horror movies are almost like born and bred to be in horror movies. I always… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I have a romantic comedy I'd love to make, but I can't get the money for it. It's hard to get people… — Ti West Copy Share Image
To me, making a horror movie is about how you can present similar genre familiarities, but present them a little bit differently.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you need a strong contrast. Otherwise, it just becomes titillation and shock value.… — Ti West 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 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
It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go… — 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
For me, I don't think you can have a successful - and by successful I don't mean financially, I mean successful in… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses. — Ti West Copy Share Image
Conversations about piracy don't have to be condemning. They don't have to be preachy, self serving or reactionary. — Ti West Copy Share Image
Much of the stuff I relate to is from the Eighties, at least cinematically. — Ti West Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/656/ti-west-2310_could-have-been_it-definitely-could-have-been-a-horror-s_1005685.jpg)
![“With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c0/ti-west-2310_cinema_with-my-horror-movies-or-with-this-movie_720793.jpg)
![“It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3dc/ti-west-2310_character_it-s-not-the-plot-of-valley-of-violence_20670.jpg)
![“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're…” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/26f/ti-west-2310_bravado_i-wrote-valley-of-violence-entirely-with_69257.jpg)
