Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you need a strong contrast. Otherwise, it just becomes titillation and shock value. That's not interesting to me. — 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 that it scares people - horror movie if you don't have a contrast between the not-horror and the… — 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
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![“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)
