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.

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

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

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

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.

I’m not trying to be some kind of underground renegade.

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.

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

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

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.