Eli Roth Quotes

Sundance is weird. The movies are weird - you actually have to think about them when you watch them.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.

I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it.

The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'

I think you do independent movies because you're looking to cut away from commercial movies.

I tell everybody on the first day of making a movie that if anyone's here to further their career, they should leave. I'm gonna make the movie in such a way that we won't have a career when this movie comes out. Because the people who hold the moneybags are not going to want to share any of that money with us to make the next movie!

The tried and tested becomes very boring. There's no way that the British equivalent of a Bryan Cranston would get the lead in a British equivalent of 'Breaking Bad.'

I really like iconoclastic casting. I really do.

When you think 'Peaky Blinders,' when it first began it got mixed reviews and people didn't know what to do with it, and it was like: 'Why is there modern music on this?' So I think whenever you do something different you're going to get that response.

'Eagle vs Shark' is a little film I could take risks with and make mistakes on.

It is more difficult to make film which does not have a big name. People start questioning the cast and the budget.

Naturally, underground music often gravitates toward experimentation and the abstract. That's understandable, and more often than not, it feels great to dive into a difficult album and swim a few laps.

I think it would be great to make a $2 million or $3 million art movie where nobody would really have to go to it. I thought that would be a good project to work on . . . do something really artistic.

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves.

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

I'd rather take risks than make something that's cookie cutter.

My favourite film-maker west of the English Channel is not English - but to me doesn't seem American either - David Lynch - a curious American-European film-maker. He has - against odds - achieved what we want to achieve here. He takes great risks with a strong personal voice and adequate funds and space to exercise it. I thought Blue Velvet was a masterpiece.