57 Quotes by Fede Alvarez

I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

I watched 'Evil Dead' when I was 12. I was going through all the horror I could grab. I remember going to the video store and asking for something 'real.' And the guy gave me the 'Evil Dead' VHS. When you're 12, you're not supposed to see that.