Eli Roth Quotes

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• I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.
• I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to…
• The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a…
• 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 a…
• When people direct insults at me, I can take it.
• I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school…
• When I was 22, I had this horrible psoriasis outbreak. It was all over my legs, I couldn't walk because my legs were cracked and…
• My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my…
• The scariest people are usually the sweetest.
• Twitter is wonderful. You can kill rumours instantly.
• Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits?…
• I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I…
• There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make…
• I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.
• Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.
• I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie…
• I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You…
• What's important for me is staying healthy.
• Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.
• What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.

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