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
I think my first and foremost advice is to have a very realistic understanding of what making movies is; how much work it is, how unglamorous it is, how much tenacity you have to have.
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.
And it really doesn't matter if you want to make mainstream movies - I think; make the movies you want to make.
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.
I'm kind of happy to say I make weird movies - that part of it I'm really proud of.
With Fever, the film was so made for the screen, and there's so much surround sound that was done for the film - enormous detail paid to that. I wasn't thinking video, because I didn't know how it was going to turn out.
The talent, the technical facilities, and the intelligence of the people - I just love London.
We do live in a time, you know, it's the Land of McDonald's - mediocrity rules.
What an old actor will do for money.
The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth.
I'm really influenced by so many different things.
I'm one of the few people who really like Eyes Wide Shut.