I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

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.

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

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.

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

When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.

Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.

We have blacks and whites, Jews and Arabs, Serbs and Croats, and Filipinos and Vietnamese here. At the end of the day, everyone is each other's brother.

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.

Instead of taking full advantage of having eight women at once, I spent all my time trying to find a real girlfriend.

[In relation to business:] Invention must be its keynote-a steady progression from one thing to another. As each in turn approaches a saturated market, something new must be produced.

The idol is the expression of religion.