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Top 25 Oren Peli Quotes (2025 Update)

Oren Peli Quote: “Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn’t really scare me. I’d say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don’t know what it is. Is there something there or not?”

1. “Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn’t really scare me. I’d say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don’t know what it is. Is there something there or not?”

Oren Peli Quote: “The less people know about ‘Paranormal Activity,’ the more they enjoy it.”

2. “The less people know about ‘Paranormal Activity,’ the more they enjoy it.”

Oren Peli Quote: “For a found-footage-style movie, there’s a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it’s real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.”

3. “For a found-footage-style movie, there’s a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it’s real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Things that scare me are the loss of control, dealing with the unknown and the unseen. Something that’s not supposed to be there and you don’t know where it came from, or what it wants from you, or how to defend yourself against it. That’s the root of the things I find scary.”

4. “Things that scare me are the loss of control, dealing with the unknown and the unseen. Something that’s not supposed to be there and you don’t know where it came from, or what it wants from you, or how to defend yourself against it. That’s the root of the things I find scary.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’ve always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.”

5. “I’ve always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Usually I don’t find gore or slasher films scary. What works for me is the slower build where you are tightening the noose around the situation until you are running out of options and then really have no idea what to do.”

6. “Usually I don’t find gore or slasher films scary. What works for me is the slower build where you are tightening the noose around the situation until you are running out of options and then really have no idea what to do.”

Oren Peli Quote: “There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it’s much easier to say, ‘No comment.’”

7. “There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it’s much easier to say, ‘No comment.’”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’ve never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.”

8. “I’ve never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Even when I was making the first ‘Paranormal Activity,’ I didn’t tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you’re doing something.”

9. “Even when I was making the first ‘Paranormal Activity,’ I didn’t tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you’re doing something.”

Oren Peli Quote: “It’s always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.”

10. “It’s always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don’t know how to interpret them, since I’m new to TV, so I’m just going to wait for somebody to tell me.”

11. “I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don’t know how to interpret them, since I’m new to TV, so I’m just going to wait for somebody to tell me.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Don’t know if I’m a nerd – I’m more of a geek.”

12. “Don’t know if I’m a nerd – I’m more of a geek.”

Oren Peli Quote: “In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen – the anticipation and anxiety is worse than what ends up happening.”

13. “In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen – the anticipation and anxiety is worse than what ends up happening.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Not knowing the thing that’s chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.”

14. “Not knowing the thing that’s chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It’s definitely popular in film. There’s just not a lot of good horror on TV, so whenever there is good horror on TV, people rush to it.”

15. “I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It’s definitely popular in film. There’s just not a lot of good horror on TV, so whenever there is good horror on TV, people rush to it.”

Oren Peli Quote: “After I watched ‘The Exorcist’ I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn’t even watch ‘Ghostbusters’ until I was much older.”

16. “After I watched ‘The Exorcist’ I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn’t even watch ‘Ghostbusters’ until I was much older.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I don’t know if I would say that I’m specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that’s bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don’t have all the answers for.”

17. “I don’t know if I would say that I’m specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that’s bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don’t have all the answers for.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’m just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have ‘Paranormal Activity’ be released and become successful. And everything that’s happened since then is just an enormous bonus.”

18. “I’m just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have ‘Paranormal Activity’ be released and become successful. And everything that’s happened since then is just an enormous bonus.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I’m motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.”

19. “I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I’m motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.”

20. “Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’m pretty content with what I have, but the one thing that I don’t have is something like the iPod – but PC-based. I think that would be cool.”

21. “I’m pretty content with what I have, but the one thing that I don’t have is something like the iPod – but PC-based. I think that would be cool.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’ve been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and producing. There isn’t a specific plan and I usually don’t know what’s going to be the next thing I do.”

22. “I’ve been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and producing. There isn’t a specific plan and I usually don’t know what’s going to be the next thing I do.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they’re up to.”

23. “I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they’re up to.”

Oren Peli Quote: “I’m having fun with what I’m doing but I’d never categorically say no to something because it’s not horror. I’m keeping an open mind.”

24. “I’m having fun with what I’m doing but I’d never categorically say no to something because it’s not horror. I’m keeping an open mind.”

Oren Peli Quote: “Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you’re watching people react rather than actors reading lines – so I think that’s always going to be something I like.”

25. “Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you’re watching people react rather than actors reading lines – so I think that’s always going to be something I like.”

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