Hopefully we'll get to a point where there are absolutely no restrictions on any kind of violence in movies. I'd love to see us get to a point where you can go to theaters and see movies unrated and that people know its not real violence. It's all pretend. It's all fake. It's just acting. It's just magic tricks.
Eli RothWhen I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.
Eli RothI have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop.
Eli RothWell, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.
Eli RothI like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.
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