“Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far.” SaidFilmGoneCapitalismCriticsThey Said Author:Eli Roth
“'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being sacrificed for it.” PeopleWantFeelsIraq Author:Eli Roth
“Also, getting the chance to play a supporting part meant that I didn't have to do as much as the protagonist, such as running around telling the story. [As the protagonist] you push the story whereas, paradoxically, as a character part, you have a chance to explore some of the nuance and some of the more complicated aspects of a character.” PlayCharacterStoriesRunningChanceAspectComplicatedNuanceProtagonists Author:Ben Affleck
“Clearly, there's a real onus on you to do something correctly when everybody, at least in the United States, had a really clear, specific idea of what this guy looked like - and even more so, what he looked like as Clark Kent and as Superman. You have this whole vast audience of people who would be acutely aware of any deviation whatsoever and probably holding you to a slightly higher standard as a result.” PeopleIdeasRealStatesWholeWould BeGuyUnitedResultsUnited StatesAudienceClearHigherStandardsThis GuyDeviationHigher StandardsKent Author:Ben Affleck
“I think language is the most important thing that human beings have ever accomplished, and the only thing that's really going to get us all out of the troubles that we find ourselves in.” ThinkingHumansImportantLanguageHuman BeingsTroubleImportant ThingsAccomplished Author:Paul Bettany
“One of the things it channelled in me was that experience that I'd had of wearing a big red leather thing on my upper torso in Daredevil with a mask I couldn't see through and an outfit that completely inhibited movement, feeling humiliated and like a fool. I just recalled that.” FeelingsBigsMovementFoolRedMaskLeatherHumiliatedDaredevilTorso Author:Ben Affleck
“One of the differences between now and then is that the idea of body image is a much bigger issue now. Back then, just being kind of heavy and barrel-chested passed for heroic. Now, you wouldn't dare to play a hero without a lot of dieting and various specialised abdomen machines. But that was one of the things which was interesting about it and I did want to portray because there's good and bad.” WantKindIdeasPlayBodyDifferencesInterestingIssuesHeroMachinesBiggerVariousDareHeavyBe KindHeroicNow And ThenJust BeingBody ImageGood And BadBarrelsDietingAbdomen Author:Ben Affleck
“Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.” PeopleFilmFeltSmarterBacklashQuentinTarantino Author:Eli Roth
“Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.” UsedActorsPaidInvestmentStudiosContractsCommodityLiteral Author:Ben Affleck
“Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I feel that with Hostel, any time you make a film like that it's going to illicit a strong reaction and you can't worry about that.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSaidFilmStrongWaitingFictionWorryMinutesSmartReactionsPulp Author:Eli Roth