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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 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.

~Eli Roth

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There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the world for everyone to judge, but there's also something very thrilling and exciting about it.

~Eli Roth

Topics: About Also Around Camera Everyone Exciting Exposing Going Judge Knowing Put Scary Screens Something Thousands Thrilling Very World You Yourself

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Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.

~Eli Roth

Topics: City Las Vegas Never Stops Vegas

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Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'

~Eli Roth

Topics: Arm Around Best Date Her Horror Horror Movies Movies Put Wondering

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I like to take risks and do weird things and stuff that's not normal compared to other Hollywood movies. Not stuff that's totally avant garde and daring, but doing stuff that's in other languages and not using stars and using real people - things that they generally don't do in mainstream films.

~Eli Roth

Topics: Compared Daring Doing Films Generally Hollywood Hollywood Movies Languages Like Mainstream Movies Normal Other People Real Real People Risks Stars Stuff Take Things Totally Using Weird Weird Things

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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.

~Eli Roth

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I think characters are most terrifying when they're relatable. It's best when your most horrible characters make sense, and are believable. That's when a movie is most terrifying.

~Eli Roth

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I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears.

~Eli Roth

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I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it.

~Eli Roth

Topics: Been Even Get Nothing Tattoo Tattoos

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: April 18th, 1972

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