Quotes by Fede Alvarez

Fede Alvarez

A good horror movie – it doesn’t matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn’t matter how much you think it’s going to be funny. A good horror movie will scare the hell out of you… the moment you sit down and you start being exposed to that story, it’s going to freeze your blood.

Blood

Scare

Thinking

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

Directors

Fun

Jumping

As a storyteller, when you’re writing a movie and when you’re directing, you want to keep people entertained. That’s the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

People

Want

Writing

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don’t do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn’t matter. It should never be fancy.

Cameras

Fancy

Matter

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That’s my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That’s my directors cut, there’s no question about it.

Cutting

Directors

Film

Every day I spend in Hollywood I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck and I cannot imagine making a film that way.

Heart

Hollywood

Way

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don’t imagine that there’s other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is.

Film

Sound

Way

Honestly, when you’re writing you try to stay on the story, on the character’s mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try not to do too much to try to create those moments. Those moments create themselves.

Character

Drama

Writing

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

Crafts

Fans

Film

I don’t want to spoon-feed the audience, like, “This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like.” A lot of movies do that. They don’t really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he’s an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.

Giving

Guy

Hate

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Care

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Children

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Cozy

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Directors

Dirty

Drama

Events

Everyday

Evil

Fancy

Fans

Feelings

Film

Filmmaker

Firsts

Fun

Giving

Guy

Hate

Havens

Heart

Hollywood

Honest

Horror

Horror Genre

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Inspired

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Quotes by Fede Alvarez

Fede Alvarez

As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

As a storyteller, when you’re writing a movie and when you’re directing, you want to keep people entertained. That’s the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don’t do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn’t matter. It should never be fancy.

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That’s my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That’s my directors cut, there’s no question about it.

Every day I spend in Hollywood I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck and I cannot imagine making a film that way.

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don’t imagine that there’s other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is.

Honestly, when you’re writing you try to stay on the story, on the character’s mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try not to do too much to try to create those moments. Those moments create themselves.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

I don’t want to spoon-feed the audience, like, “This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like.” A lot of movies do that. They don’t really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he’s an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.

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