Alex Winter quotes

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment. (Alex Winter)
I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it. View quote
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I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade. View quote
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I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos. View quote
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That's kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings. View quote
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I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you. View quote
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I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking. View quote
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Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies. View quote
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I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen. View quote
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I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way. View quote
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I get very driven by certain themes and ideas. (Alex Winter)
I actually did use to sell shoes. View quote
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My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin. View quote
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Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke. View quote
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The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance. View quote
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Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing. View quote
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Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original. View quote
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But it is funny, because I saw Unbreakable recently and it's a strange movie, I didn't mind it, and it's got some interesting things going on. View quote
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It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career. View quote
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After living in LA for 8 years, I sort of wanted a change, but there's not much production in New York, which is where I primarily live, so I just sort of drifted over to London. View quote
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The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element. (Alex Winter)
Like I said about Freaked, people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it's burnt into the fabric of your culture. View quote
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I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won't. View quote
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They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em. View quote
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You know, that's the reality, but I always shoot movies for the screen, 'cause that's just the experience that I want to get out of it. View quote
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