American - Director | April 18, 1972 -
Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated.
Eli Roth
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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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Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.
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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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I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.
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When people direct insults at me, I can take it.
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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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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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'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.
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I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.
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Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
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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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