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> [I follow my instincts and I always think about what movie I would like to see. If I want to see it then I'm guessing that some other people might want to see it as well. I never try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/i-follow-my-instincts-and-i-always-think-about-what-movie-i-would/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

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## More by Alexandre Aja

> [A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/a-movie-like-the-last-house-on-the-left-would-be-very-hard-to-do-in/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [I think the violence in 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'High Tension' is much more traumatic than 'Piranha.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/i-think-the-violence-in-the-hills-have-eyes-and-high-tension-is-much/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [It's always very interesting to bet who's going to go first and who is going to have the most unbelievable death. It's always fun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/it-s-always-very-interesting-to-bet-who-s-going-to-go-first-and-who/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [When I approach a story or movie, the story is the most important thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/when-i-approach-a-story-or-movie-the-story-is-the-most-important-thing/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [I follow my instincts and I always think about what movie I would like to see. If I want to see it then I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/i-follow-my-instincts-and-i-always-think-about-what-movie-i-would/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/the-most-important-thing-when-you-do-a-movie-is-that-you-find-an/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/me-as-a-moviegoer-before-being-a-filmmaker-i-try-to-think-about-what/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [In Europe, there is no horror movie. It's very hard to make a slasher or gory movie. There is no audience for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/in-europe-there-is-no-horror-movie-it-s-very-hard-to-make-a-slasher/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [Growing up in the eighties, you could go from one style in a movie to another style, and that was okay. In the nineties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/growing-up-in-the-eighties-you-could-go-from-one-style-in-a-movie-to/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/i-m-always-on-the-side-of-the-characters-rather-than-the-side-of-the/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [In the horror genre, unfortunately you sometimes have the studio tell you, "No, go with more unknown people because it's a scary movie," and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/in-the-horror-genre-unfortunately-you-sometimes-have-the-studio-tell/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [Hollywood changed to become a more marketing-driven Hollywood, where people who are running the studios are more like marketing people, and they need titles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/hollywood-changed-to-become-a-more-marketing-driven-hollywood-where/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [When you do a slasher film, you find yourself repeating the same kind of scene, then it becomes not very challenging and not very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/when-you-do-a-slasher-film-you-find-yourself-repeating-the-same-kind/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [It's always about trying to do something that's different and not repeating yourself because then you lose your creative stamina. You need to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/it-s-always-about-trying-to-do-something-that-s-different-and-not/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

> [Spring Break is very strange. I grew up in France, so I don't know Spring Break. That doesn't exist in Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-aja/spring-break-is-very-strange-i-grew-up-in-france-so-i-don-t-know/)

[Alexandre Aja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-aja/)

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