Quotes by Peter Weller

“For us to believe what we see, feel and touch in time, linear time as we know it, is the only extant context in which life happens. I think its fairly naive, man, you know. So, you know, whos to say theres not a parallel universe?”

“My fascination with ancient Rome started as a kid back in Texas when my father turned me on to Robert Graves, who wrote I, Claudius,”

“He told me to put on a suit and go downtown to the old Bowery Bank - because it has neo-Roman architecture - where theyd like to interview me on tape about Rome.”

“Julius Caesar built that bridge over the Rhine in 10 days. Ten days! Theyve been trying to fix the Van Wyck since I moved to New York City in 1971. Twenty years and $20 billion later and we still dont have a subway to JFK.”

“The movie is really a grandiose and full of life rock-and-rolling adventure story, but its really about peace and love. Its also about a guy trying to find peace.”

“I have nothing to do with sci-fi. Ive done a couple of sci-fi movies. I never approach them as that genre. You know, theyre all dramas. Sci-fi, the idiom of sci-fi has created a context into which you can pour all sorts of great human dilemmas. So thats what Im directing. Im directing a modern-day humanist drama with comic elements.”

“There was a general awareness in the countries affected that there would be problems, but the magnitude has caught everyone unawares.”

The best reason to go to the movies is to be with other people. Eating the popcorn, being with other people you dont know.