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Ti West

(1980) Film Director

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Ti West is a film director.

Quick Facts About Ti West

Born: October 5, 1980
Profession: Film Director

About Ti West

[Wikidata] American film director, screenwriter and film editor... | [Wikipedia] Timon C. West is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films The Roost (2005), Trigger Man (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), the Western In a Valley of Violence (2016) as well as the X trilogy. He has also acted i

Quotes by Ti West

It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all…

Character

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Technology has just been the major progression of the last 15 years - instant communication. That stuff has gone so global. That's…

Be kind

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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…

Bravado

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Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

Humor

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I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.

Audience

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Conversations about piracy don't have to be condemning. They don't have to be preachy, self serving or reactionary.

About

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Much of the stuff I relate to is from the Eighties, at least cinematically.

Eighties

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Because everybody is so ADD and everybody is trying to move the plot so fast, there's very little sense of geography in…

Fast

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You get to actually make your movie. As a filmmaker, that's the dream. That's why you get up in the morning, to…

Dream

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It would be dishonest to say winning an Oscar wouldn't be awesome. I'm sure it would be great, but if it matters…

Awesome

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In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I…

Actors

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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…

Back in time

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I've messed with Ouija boards. And I've snuck into the basement of an abandoned mental hospital that's supposed to be haunted, that…

Childhood

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For me, the goal of directing is to feel like you're experiencing what the character is going through, whether they're slowly walking…

Character

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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…

Curious

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I am desperately trying to come up with a film project that is related to mixed martial arts. In fact, I would…

Art

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That's what's interesting about people. It can be funny, but when [John] Travolta got there and did [comic moments] you're like, "Oh!…

Comic

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Growing up, for me, movies were mostly from the video store. And so that was always the section that had the best,…

Always

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Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I…

Bigs

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Really, I wanted to make a movie [Valley Of Violence] about: How does violence affect people? This is a take from me…

Doe

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I think you make the movie in your head that you have to make, and you have to get it out of…

Accomplish

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I think everybody relates to wishing you had a life different to the one you have.

Everybody

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The second half [of Valley of Violence], you're with the guys that you should hate, but when you start seeing what their…

Complication

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When I was growing up, you could get arrested for skateboarding, and now it's going to be in the Olympics.

Get

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I'm an only child, so I am a very self-motivated and driven person.

Am

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Ti West by topic

Movie (55) People (39) Violence (27) Valleys (26) Movies (21) Horror (18) Cinema (17) Time (16) Thinking (16) Ifs (12) Life (10) Knows (10) Film (10) Dog (10) Way (9)