100 Quotes by Robert Eggers

Certainly in Catholic countries, the peasantry have always found ways to integrate pagan things in a way that makes it a little bit easier just to be a human being.

Certainly as a director you want to be working with people who are on the same page as you and that you can trust and get along with.

In a world where people believe in something, then it does exist.

As a second-time director you don't want to be working with someone who's a star that wants you to get down and kiss their feet.

Witches were part of my imaginary childhood playground, so I wanted to make an archetypal fairytale about the mythic idea of what New England was to me as a kid.

Honestly, if I could shoot everything in 1:33, I would.

The figure of the witch was interesting to me, because of the primal, archetypical witch nightmares I had, even as an adult. But as a kid, it started with Margaret Hamilton in 'The Wizard Of Oz' as this inescapable horror.

You can't train a goat. You can't. You can't. So I don't recommend making a movie with a goat in a major role to anyone.

The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.