Quotes by Ridley Scott

About Ridley Scott:

Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), his best-known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), the drama Thelma & Louise (1991), the epic historical drama Gladiator (2000), which won a Best Picture Oscar, the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), the crime thriller Hannibal (2001), the black comedy Matchstick Men (2003), the epic historical drama Kingdom of Heaven (2005), the biographical crime film American Gangster (2007), the epic adventure film Robin Hood (2010), and the science fiction film Prometheus (2012).
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I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhe...

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There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

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Most people need the money all the time.

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There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that.

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I have a healthy competitive nature.

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Conscience, the power of conscience, can unearth all kinds of things.

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If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.

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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.

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One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the ...

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Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.

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I am a science fiction enthusiast, really, deep down.

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In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown.

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Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.

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I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength of a powerful woman, and accepted that as the stat...

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I love designing, and I still do it.

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I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

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A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

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And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head.

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I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the f...

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Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3...

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The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

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Author Bio

  • NameRidley Scott
  • DescriptionEnglish film director and film producer
  • BornNovember 30, 1937
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director; Actor
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of Ouissam Alaouite