Alex Winter Quotes

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

  Alex Winter

  Music, Play, Architecture

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Dream, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Giving Up, Order

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Alex Winter

  People, My Favorite, Chaplin

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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, People, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Movie, Return, Investment

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Movie, Elements, Aliens

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• 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

  Movie, Film, Release

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Time, Jokes, Seconds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Thinking, People, Fabric

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

  Alex Winter

  Careers, Hard

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Alex Winter

  Technology, Community, Revolution

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 25, 2013.

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• I don't think BitCoin has ever been anything but a legitimate enterprise. Currency is currency, it's used for good and ill.

  Alex Winter

  Thinking, Bitcoin, Currency

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• One man's accuracy is another man's bullshit.

  Alex Winter

  Men, Bullshit, Accuracy

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

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Fighting, Hitchcock

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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, Needs, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Alex Winter

  Certain, Remakes, Carpenter

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• 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.

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  Funny Things, Interesting, Mind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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, New York, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Alex Winter

  Problem, Should, Should I

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I actually did use to sell shoes.

  Alex Winter

  Shoes, Use, Boots

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.

  Alex Winter

  Music, Video, Tvs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.

  Alex Winter

  Ideas, Driven, Certain

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Gambling, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Thinking, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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