I Was A Very Earnest, Hard Working

I'm Not Criticizing Hollywood Because I Work There, I Partly Live There. But I'm Saying This Is The Way It Is, Commerce Is Taking Over Art. Commerce Has Become The Most Important Thing In The Film Industry. Hollywood Is An Industry, It's Not An Art Form, Therefore They Have To Address The Bottom Line. But In A Way It's Sad When You Get A Remake, Isn't It?

There's Nothing Really Original. Alien Was A B-movie. Five Directors Passed On It Before Me. Because I Was Into Heavy Metal, I Read It, And Thought, "wow, I Want To Do This." I Was On A Plane To Hollywood In 22 Hours. It Was A B-movie And Was Elevated To An A-plus Movie By Sheer Good Taste.

Blade Runner Was The Godfather Of All These Fantastic Movies That Occur Today. What's Frustrating Is That We're Short Of Really Great Writing And Great Ideas. Blade Runner Was Full Of Them.

I Knew Exactly What To Do On Alien, It Was Funny.

And I Maintain Good Relationships With All The Studios So I've Never Been Bullied Into Any Cut, Frankly.