229 Quotes by Eli Roth

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 suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he’s a hero.

As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn’t get ‘Cabin Fever’ made that fast I thought I’d failed.

You know, I’m from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they’re going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you’re funny and you like it. I think it’s great.

I’ve always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

You’d be lucky to get tortured to death in one of my films. It’s the best thing that could happen to your career. But I’m very aware that as soon as you put women in this situation, all of a sudden people are like: “Wow, well wait a second!” Immediately, people become very sensitive to it.

I want to have an ending where people say: “That’s the most shocking ending I’ve ever seen in a mainstream horror film.”

Borat shows American stereotypes of Eastern Europe but it’s an accurate depiction of what a certain type of American is. They think they can buy and sell these girls and then they get bought and sold.