“Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I...” — Robert Eggers Quote

Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I'm most passionate about, even more than cinema. And I'm very passionate about cinema.

The Witch' was very well planned, but 'The Lighthouse' was so much more so.

Without sounding like a New Age crystal worshipper, you can feel something there, in these old dilapidated colonial farms and hidden graveyards in the middle of a pine forest. I certainly did as a kid.

African Queen' is pretty darn great.

The Shining' is one of the few horror movies that I actually like and it actually scared me.

I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

Film festivals should also show commercial films along with parallel cinema. This is the only way that it could reach out to more people.

I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.

'Zero Dark Thirty' raised the stakes. It raised the stakes in cinema, man. I don't think people really know how to grasp what type of film this is.