“It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFilmFamiliarPhrasesLabeling Author:Ti West
“I've done it with all my films. I always keep an eye on the first time I show it because... I don't know. Neurosis.” KnowsFirstsDoneShowsEyeFilmFirst TimeNeurosis Author:Ti West
“If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsScary Author:Ti West
“Humor is more so. For this, there's definitely moments that I think, "I know this part is really funny and I want to see people laugh." And they do and you go, "Yesss." That's really satisfying, because I'm so proud of the performances in the movie and everybody worked so hard.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantHardMomentsLaughingProudPerformancesSatisfying Author:Ti West
“I'd been all hyped about it, I was like, "Please come," and to have that and know Tommy Nohilly is probably going like, "This is cool," it makes me feel good.” KnowsFeelsPleaseFeel Good Author:Ti West
“Typically, in Westerns, people who are in a Western feel like they're in a Western. It's almost like they know they do all these Western things.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWestern Author:Ti West
“I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see how it goes." And they would do it, and I'd go, "Well, that was awesome." It was really - I don't know, it was really special to watch them.” KnowsWellsPlayWatchesSpecial Author:Ti West
“It's unreal. I mean, the dog backflips. It's amazing. Google Jumpy on YouTube - I had seen the dog first and I was like, "Y'all don't even know."” KnowsFirstsMeanDogGoogleYoutubeUnrealBackflips Author:Ti West
“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMindWellsDoeEndsHardWholeJoyGuyWatchesViolenceSeeingWorstHappeningsPerformancesShameValleysFoolishnessThis GuyBravado Author:Ti West
“You want to be able to say [to Ethan Hawke's character], "Dude, it's okay," but maybe it's not. Maybe he's not a good person. I don't know. That's the thing about people. There is no real good guy or bad guy [in A Valley Of Violence]. It's all context.” PeopleKnowsWantPersonsRealCharacterAbleGuyViolenceOkayValleysBad GuysGood PersonGood Guy Author:Ti West
