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.

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.

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

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

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

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

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

Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.

Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.

Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.

I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.