229 Quotes by Eli Roth

You have to write scenes and design scenes that are scary and horrific, but that are also watchable. I didn’t want people to just feel like they got punched in the stomach.

Quentin Tarantino assistant called me and said: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is you got the part, the bad news is you have to do it.” I was like: “Oh Jesus, when am I supposed to do this?” I was prepping Hostel.

The film, ‘Aftershock,’ for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, ‘Don’t see it.’

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that’s a great career to have where you’re doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he’s primarily an actor.

A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it’s the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn’t wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.

It’s just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It’s never going to be as good as the first one.

You do need an outlet to release all of those fears. You build it up and then, when you go to a movie theater, it’s the last place that it’s socially acceptable to be terrified. It’s saying that, for the next 90 minutes, you’re allowed to be afraid and you’re not a coward for feeling that way.

Hopefully we’ll get to a point where people realize movies don’t cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture.