After I made my first short film that wasn't terrible, people were interested in potentially developing a feature with me. Every time… — Robert Eggers Cinema Copy Share Image
In earlier cultures with pagan belief systems, light and dark were celebrated equally, people were around death a lot. In contemporary Western… — Robert Eggers Belief Copy Share Image
I don't want to act like the witch trials all over New England were warranted, but when you live in a culture… — Robert Eggers Culture Copy Share Image
I actually like 'The Shining' more than I like Kubrick, I think. The tension he sustains through the whole film is so… — Robert Eggers Film Copy Share Image
Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I'm most passionate about, even more than cinema. And I'm… — Robert Eggers Cinema Copy Share Image
What's so interesting to me about history is - what's interesting to anyone - is how humans are the same. Their belief… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
Parajanov's love for the folk culture is quite infectious. The way that he loves everything on screen, I relate. — Robert Eggers Culture Copy Share Image
The intention behind 'The Witch' was to be very restrained. I think that story, while it sometimes annoys me, needed to take… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
I've talked about this a lot, but 'The Witch' took four years to finance because there were certain compromises I wouldn't make. — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
When 'The Lighthouse,' bizarrely, became the film that people wanted to greenlight, it was really clear that those were the only two… — Robert Eggers Film Copy Share Image
The Diary of Samuel Sewall,' 'The Diary of John Winthrop,' these are easy for anyone to get their hands on. This was… — Robert Eggers Diary Copy Share Image
For some reason, no one wanted to give me money to make a movie written in early modern English that involved a… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
I enjoy the act of research. I'm researching as a means to an end, but I literally just enjoy reading about how… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
Witches were part of my imaginary childhood playground, so I wanted to make an archetypal fairytale about the mythic idea of what… — Robert Eggers Childhood Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to think it was kind of cool to abuse actors mentally, but I really disagree with… — Robert Eggers Abuse Copy Share Image
I am not trying to be one of those sadistic, Kubrickian directors who is trying to make these tensions any worse or… — Robert Eggers Camera Copy Share Image
As a kid, picturing people who grew up in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I walking around in hose and latched shoes… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
I don't like twists. I don't get much out of them. If you know two cars are about to run into each… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
I mean, obviously it's exciting for me to see what 'The Revenant' is doing in the box office. That's very exciting. — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
I think I had my answers to the questions in 'The Witch,' and I had my answers to the questions in 'The… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
