Robert Eggers : (5) " When ‘The Lighthouse,’ bizarrely, became the film that people wanted to greenlight, it was really clear that those were the only two people to play the roles. And I knew that they would want to do it. " - Robert Eggers " I don’t like twists. I don’t get much out of them. If you know two cars are about to run into each other, you don’t walk away and say, ‘Oh, I know what’s going to happen.’ You watch. " - Robert Eggers " African Queen’ is pretty darn great. " - Robert Eggers " You’ve got to love a movie where a witch is your nanny. " - Robert Eggers " Basically, I was always disappointed that the witches weren’t real when we learned about the Salem witch trials. " - Robert Eggers