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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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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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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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Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things.
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Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far.
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In musical theater, if you have a song, it has to advance the plot. If you have a song in a musical and it does not advance the plot, it gets dropped.
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Possession and exorcism is something that’s in every religion and every culture. It’s a real primal fear: Is the body a vessel for our spirits? What happens if something else takes over it? Where does the spirit go?
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Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.
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Chile could work as a double for L.A. it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.
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Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.
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The scariest people are usually the sweetest.
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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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It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.
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The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you're funny and you like it. I think it's great.
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I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.
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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.
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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.
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Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'
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