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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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Eli Roth
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 18
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Eli Raphael Roth
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I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.
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As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
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You have to write scenes and design scenes that are scary and horrific, but that are also watchable. I didn't want people to just feel like they got punched in the stomach.
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'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.
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I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.
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Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.
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The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.
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I like movies like 'Mother's Day', where you watch it, and you've liked it for years as a horror movie.
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I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero.
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I have control issues. For sure, no question.
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Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.
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I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department I can only kind of do one thing at a time.
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A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.
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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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Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.
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All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: Nobody wants violence.
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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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I want it to be able to hold up in 30 years' time. So, I'm really thinking about everything.
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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
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