Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.

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.

Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

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.

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.

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.

I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.

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.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em.

I close my eyes and I can see a better day. I close my eyes and pray

I don't want to be rich and famous but I want to die knowing I stood infront of a broken man and gave him one reason to smile again.

Bringing the essence of life in form of experience is the most crucial element in the development of human mind.

Set a goal when you’re ready for it, make a plan, and stick with it.

Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.

I don't see myself being an actress forever.

Your stupidity is appalling!" "Most stupidity is!

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be Honost, loving and trustworthy.

When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left.