I always try to rope people in who don't watch horror movies. I figure, you might not watch horror movies, but you'll… — Ti West Horror Copy Share Image
Many indie movies are fighting for survival in a world full of 'Micro-Budget' films and 200 Million dollar 'tent-pole' blockbusters. Surely there… — Ti West Blockbusters Copy Share Image
Ten bucks may not be life changing money, but nobody wants to feel like they were ripped off, or didn't get what… — Ti West Copy Share Image
A lot of the times characters in horror movies are almost like born and bred to be in horror movies. I always… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Slasher movies often have uninteresting, unlikable characters who are just there for you to see their demise. — Ti West Characters Copy Share Image
People always ask what makes a good horror movie and it's essentially one big thing-contrast. All of the stuff in the film… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The Eighties were the last decade where the actual filmmaking was still treated with some respect, even if it was horror. — Ti West Cinema Copy Share Image
If there's ever a reason to be in traffic, it should be because Will Smith is flipping a car in the middle… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The thing is that the studio system's great, but it also sucks. There's really good people in the studio system, but there's… — Ti West Copy Share Image
X' had a more avant garde approach to the way it was put together, and the camera direction was more modern and… — Ti West Avant garde Copy Share Image
To me it's not so much that the movies are slow-paced as much as they are about spending time building a relationship… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think you make the movie in your head that you have to make, and you have to get it out of… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I feel like most media brands in the States, as far as news brands, are heavily slanted to the left or the… — Ti West Journalism Copy Share Image
When you're part of a group and your whole family and whole world is so small, no one just joins a cult.… — Ti West Cult Copy Share Image
Movies aren't "slow burn," and aren't serious, aren't interesting, because everything from the movie to the promotional materials is telling you that… — Ti West Film Copy Share Image
I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You're with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half,… — Ti West Bad guy Copy Share Image
I think the gangster way to do it is to go out on your own, build up your own thing, and then… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I'd been all hyped about it, I was like, "Please come," and to have that and know Tommy Nohilly is probably going… — Ti West Copy Share Image
To me, when you watch a Hitchcock movie and as soon as theBernard Hermannscore comes in, you're aware. You know it's there.… — Ti West Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I've always had this obsession with Satanic Panic and I like the idea of the mysticism, where, like, religion and horror meet.… — Ti West Mysticism Copy Share Image
If I was sort of attached to someone else's work, and doing a horror movie as a career move... I don't know.… — Ti West Career Copy Share Image
I really like the horror genre - it's not the only thing I like, but as long as I can do what… — Ti West Genre Copy Share Image
Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog… — Ti West Copy Share Image
If you ever see the director pulling people aside, that means something's not working. Because you're trying to figure out why it's… — Ti West Cinema Copy Share Image
I always thought of 'X' as one era, and the characters in that era are being affected by the cinema of the… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I feel like a realist about Hollywood. To be cynical about it is to some degree fair, but I don't think it's… — Ti West Cynical Copy Share Image
I get a lot of movie stars telling me they saw my movie and then I'm like, 'You know I offered that… — Ti West Film Copy Share Image
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… — Ti West Copy Share Image
For me, the goal of directing is to feel like you're experiencing what the character is going through, whether they're slowly walking… — Ti West Character Copy Share Image
Growing up, for me, movies were mostly from the video store. And so that was always the section that had the best,… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think you just have to give the audience a character that they can relate to. So I'm always trying to put… — 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… — Ti West Actors Copy Share Image
Most people grow up wanting to be a director or be an actor, or be a musician, and, you know, I want… — Ti West Copy Share Image
You want to be able to say [to Ethan Hawke's character], "Dude, it's okay," but maybe it's not. Maybe he's not a… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The first half [of Valley of Violence] was to endear you to all these people and give you all these archetypes that… — Ti West Archetype Copy Share Image
I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think a good horror movie, like anything else, should be a movie first, a horror movie second and it should treat… — Ti West Copy Share Image
You're limited to one image, but you can have 50 audio tracks. It's something you'd be foolish not to experiment with. So… — Ti West Design Copy Share Image
![“I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You're with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half, you're really with Ethan. For the second half, you're with him, but also you're with the bad guys because he kind of becomes the bad guy. No one's really good in the movie.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/ti-west-2310_bad-guy_i-did-the-movie-valley-of-violence-from_2575611.jpg)
![“Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/ti-west-2310_all-time_jumpy-is-the-most-incredible-animal-of-a_2666997.jpg)
![“Of course, we talked about Westerns we like with [James Ransone in Valley of Violence] , but it was always thematically in relation to the movie and what the themes of the movie were.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/ti-west-2310_courses_of-course-we-talked-about-westerns-we-li_3190961.jpg)
![“Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that's as far as I could go, and that's not even close. The dog's amazing.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/ti-west-2310_blanket_everything-jumpy-could-do-in-valley-of-v_2210654.jpg)
![“You want to be able to say [to Ethan Hawke's character], "Dude, it's okay," but maybe it's not. Maybe he's not a good person. I don't know. That's the thing about people. There is no real good guy or bad guy [in A Valley Of Violence]. It's all context.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/ti-west-2310_able_you-want-to-be-able-to-say-to-ethan-hawk_3087859.jpg)
![“The first half [of Valley of Violence] was to endear you to all these people and give you all these archetypes that you're familiar with, and then the second half, just to see all those archetypes unravel like real people.” quote by Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/ti-west-2310_archetype_the-first-half-of-valley-of-violence-was_1400234.jpg)
