I think having funny characters is just one way of having three-dimensional characters. Ti West More Quotes by Ti West More Quotes From Ti West Sometimes I look at it [Valley of Violence] and go, "How did we do that?" But it's a credit to Ethan [Hawke], he had done White Fang, so Ethan is like, "Oh God, that's right." Ti West valleyswhitelooks It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget. Ti West budgetscombinationcharacter We can't make a giant sprawling movie. We're going to make a small movie. And what we got is what I could get, performance-wise. Ti West giantsperformanceswise I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's about. And for me, what the movie's about is so much more interesting. Ti West madeinterestingthinking With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker. Ti West valleysplotviolence I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story. Ti West not-interestedplotstories In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I never imagined; thank God for this filmmaker, because if this person didn't exist, this movie wouldn't exist." That's why I go to the movies. That, to me, is what's so exciting about this movie. Ti West thank-godactorsstuff It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable. Ti West uniquememorablethinking [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. Ti West pjstogetherlong I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing. Ti West guyjoypeople It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back in time, I would do it different." That's the thing with violence in general. Ti West violencedifferentlooks
