229 Quotes by Eli Roth

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.

Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'

Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.

My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love Hostel and they love the thought behind it.

Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.

I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.