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It Goes Back A Long Way. I Wanted To Make Tristan + Isolde As My Second Movie. My First Movie Was The Duellists. And I Was Standing In A Very Romantic Part Of France Looking Around Me Thinking, "my God, This Would Be Perfect For Tristan," And To Cut A Long Story Short It Never Happened Because I Did Alien Instead.

Never Be Put Off By Anything Because Failure Teaches You Something.

It Doesn't Matter How Much Faith You Have Or Don't Have [in Aliens]. I Just Don't Buy The Idea That We're Alone. There's Got To Be Some Form Of Life Out There.

I Want To Make Films About The Human Condition, What We're Doing To The World Or Ourselves.

I Think If I'm Going To Do A Science Fiction, I'm Going To Go Down A New Path That I Want To Do.