Alex Winter
Alex Winter
Alexander Ross "Alex" Winteris an English-born American actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its 1991 sequel Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. He is also well known for his role as Marko in the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys, and for co-writing, co-directing and starring in the 1993 film Freaked...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth17 July 1965
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
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.
I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.
Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.
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.
We're in a time right now where there are so many pretty boy movies and TV shows out, that most of the actors that are in their late 20's are coming from those beefcake TV roles and they just don't have the chops.
Again, I don't have a high and mighty attitude about what I do, these just happen to be the kind of movies I want to make.
I mean, there are certain Spielberg movies I really like, but clearly they're very different directors and I much prefer Kubrick to Spielberg.
I'm kind of happy to say I make weird movies - that part of it I'm really proud of.
You know, that's the reality, but I always shoot movies for the screen, 'cause that's just the experience that I want to get out of it.
And it really doesn't matter if you want to make mainstream movies - I think; make the movies you want to make.