Alien Quote by Damon Lindelof

I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the…

— Eli Roth

The first film that I can remember seeing where, like, I just couldn't stop watching it - and it didn't necessarily make me want…

— Neill Blomkamp

I was probably 11 by the time I saw a movie.

— Peter Gallagher

'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had…

— Ridley Scott

I think I was 10 when I saw my first R-rated movie, 'Stand by Me,' in the theater.

— Anna Boden

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,…

— Ridley Scott

I had one of those families that let me watch things they should not have let me watch. When I was a kid, I…

— Drew Goddard

'Aliens' was a brilliant movie, but you still wanted to see the Alien come to Earth.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

I sat in a theater when I was 11 years old and watched 'The Empire Strikes Back' from 10 in the morning until 10…

— Joe Russo

At nine years old, I saw 'Star Wars.' I saw it a gazillion times.

— Rob Liefeld

'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.

— David Duchovny

I think by around the time I was about 8 or 9, the idea of filmmaking probably took hold. I made little Super 8…

— Todd Haynes