Quote

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

Eli Roth

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
Actor
Animator
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Newton
Massachusetts
Eli Raphael Roth
Theatrical
Release
Wide
Movie
Goal
Distributor
Right
Distributors
Make
Anytime

More quotes by Eli Roth

Image
I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. And actually, most of the bats in Massachusetts are used off the field instead of on the field, and we all had baseball bats in our cars in high school.
Eli Roth
Image
I get a little too obsessive with work.
Eli Roth
Image
I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.
Eli Roth
Image
I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.
Eli Roth
Image
When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
Eli Roth
Image
Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.
Eli Roth
Image
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.
Eli Roth
Image
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.
Eli Roth
Image
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'
Eli Roth
Image
You can pretend everything's fine, but if there's an unhappiness or you're not having sex or you're not communicating or you're made to feel third best in the house and you don't address it and you just try to put on a nice face and a smile, that kind of aggression and anger is going to come out in some sinister way.
Eli Roth
Image
Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.
Eli Roth
Image
So when I was beating the guy, I started thinking, 'What if I was Hannah Montana?' . . . And little do they know that that's why I look so insane . . . I'm torturing myself with thoughts of, 'How could I actually pull off being a high school student and a pop star at night?'
Eli Roth
Image
You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'
Eli Roth
Image
Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.
Eli Roth
Image
I think in life we get very caught up in the minutia and, unfortunately, it generally takes some sort of tragedy in your life to put things in perspective.
Eli Roth
Image
I have control issues. For sure, no question.
Eli Roth
Image
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.
Eli Roth
Image
I was listening to music to kind of pump myself up and get psyched up, like I was listening to Iron Maiden and Misfits and Dead Kennedys, and it was like my '80s Massachusetts parking-lot heavy metal and Guns N' Roses.
Eli Roth
Image
I can think of endless horrible things to do to people!
Eli Roth
Image
Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.
Eli Roth