I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

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.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

Be Sure To Notice When You're Happy

The world is a stage where we come to play and go.

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.

I hate that when people are like, "Well, all dwarves know each other, right?" And you want to get mad, but you can't because we do.

Even I never dreamed of Magic like this!

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

There are only two kinds of managers. Winning managers and ex-managers.

Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.

I think you have to play your own game and sometimes people don't realise that the play-maker runs the most kilometres on the pitch!

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.