Eli Roth

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor. ”

Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out. ”

What I've always thought I would do is make a bunch of movies and then stop to teach for awhile. And then just teach at film schools - you know, teach children. ”

I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of. ”

Troll 2' is one of the rare sequels where you don't have to waste time watching the first one, since the films have absolutely nothing to do with one another. ”

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time. ”

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. ”

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there. ”

I get a little too obsessive with work. ”