If I don't come home covered head to toe in fake blood then I haven't done my job as a horror director.

- Eli Roth

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.

- Eli Roth

My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, m…

- Eli Roth

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want sex and violence mixed together. What's wrong with that? Am I t…

- Eli Roth

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 …

- Eli Roth

You do need an outlet to release all of those fears. You build it up and then, when you go to a movie theater, it's the last place that it's socially…

- Eli Roth

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.

- Eli Roth

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler'…

- Eli Roth

When I was 22, I had this horrible psoriasis outbreak. It was all over my legs, I couldn't walk because my legs were cracked and bleeding. Weird thin…

- Eli Roth