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

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

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

I have been interested in global web-based communities and emerging technologies since the mid 80's. There is a revolution occurring in global culture at the moment, that will change everything. And it's only just beginning.

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

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.

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