Alex Winter Quotes

Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.
Alex Winter

Death, Movies, Fight

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.
Alex Winter

Love, Stories, Camera

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.
Alex Winter

Change, Live, Living

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.
Alex Winter

Funny, Mind, Strange

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

Great, Original, Carpenter

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

Why, Problems, Getting

I actually did use to sell shoes.
Alex Winter

Actually, Shoes, Sell

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.
Alex Winter

Music, Tv, Direct

I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.
Alex Winter

Ideas, Driven, Themes

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

Movies, Different, Imagine

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

Music, Anywhere, Hits

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.
Alex Winter

Movies, Seen, Filmmakers

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

Good, Movies, Thinking

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.
Alex Winter

Movies, Happy, Saying

I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade.
Alex Winter

I'm one of the few people who really like Eyes Wide Shut.
Alex Winter

Eyes, Few, Shut

I'm really influenced by so many different things.
Alex Winter

Different, Influenced

It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career.
Alex Winter

Bad, Hard, Career

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.
Alex Winter

Cool, End, Find

My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.
Alex Winter

Favorite, Favorites, Chaplin

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.
Alex Winter

Funny, Time, Good

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.
Alex Winter

Night, Weird, Movie

The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth.
Alex Winter

Made, Making, Film

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

Movies, End, Days

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

Movies, American, Horror

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 17, 1965

Links

Find on Amazon: Alex Winter

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Bruce Lee
Charlie Sheen
Will Smith
Will Rogers
John Wayne
Johnny Depp
Clint Eastwood
Carroll O'Connor
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us