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Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.

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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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Eli Raphael Roth
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I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of.
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When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
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Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.
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I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably both.
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The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.
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Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.
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My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love 'Hostel' and they love the thought behind it.
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I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet.
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Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.
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I want a movie that 30 years from now, people can look back and see it as a reflection of where the culture was at - as a barometer of the culture.
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Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
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I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.
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Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.
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I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.
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You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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I get a little too obsessive with work.
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I've always been a fan of 3D, going back to movies in the '50s. I was part of the early '80s 3D craze, which was coming at you in Jaws 3D, so I've always wanted to make a 3D film.
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I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.
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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?'
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