Quotes by Ti West

Ti West

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ’s a friend of mine, I’ve known him for a long time, he’s always like, “Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?” I finally called him.

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Together

All those awkward moments – that’s on the cast for doing such an amazing job. I think it was funny on the page, but when they did it, you definitely went, “Oh!” Watching it with a crowd that, like you said, was not expecting it to be funny, but then genuinely finding it funny, is totally a credit to their performances.

Awkward

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As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.

Filmmaker

Historic

Western

Ethan [Hawke] just – they got along great. He got to act with a dog, for real, and it felt like Jumpy was acting with him. It was a surreal thing to watch. When you watch the movie [Valley of Violence], you just kind of accept it. But if you do think about how we show – there’s a dog and a movie star interacting – and you buy it. That’s crazy.

Crazy

Dog

Stars

Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that’s as far as I could go, and that’s not even close. The dog’s amazing.

Dog

Too Much

Valleys

From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much – I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence] – and it gives them the ability to go wild with it and to have performances that are memorable.

Giving

Memorable

Valleys

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.

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Thinking

I always feel like the less you say when you’re making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything’s going great.

Directors

Feels

Mean

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.

Play

Special

Watches

I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You’re with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half, you’re really with Ethan. For the second half, you’re with him, but also you’re with the bad guys because he kind of becomes the bad guy. No one’s really good in the movie.

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Quotes by Ti West

Ti West

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ’s a friend of mine, I’ve known him for a long time, he’s always like, “Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?” I finally called him.

As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.

Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that’s as far as I could go, and that’s not even close. The dog’s amazing.

From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much – I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence] – and it gives them the ability to go wild with it and to have performances that are memorable.

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.

I always feel like the less you say when you’re making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything’s going great.

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.

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