“I was interested in dark subject matter for sure, including folklore, ...” — Robert Eggers Quote

I was interested in dark subject matter for sure, including folklore, fairy tales, mythology, archetypal stories of people going into the bowels of the forest.

To be honest with you, the forest resonates with me more, like instinctually, than the sea does.

Being a wannabe auteur and my favorite filmmakers being part of the dead canon of European, Japanese art-house masters, I want to say that I don't want to care about genre and how it's limiting and all of that stuff.

Basically, I was always disappointed that the witches weren't real when we learned about the Salem witch trials.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

The archetypal No. 10 is a skillful player who is more interested in being in possession than tracking to get the ball back.

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.

These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension; it's about the lack of any texture.

Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde.