Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known for his crime films. He left secondary school and got entry-level jobs in the film industry in the mid-1990s. He eventually graduated to directing commercials. He directed his first film in 1995, a 20-minute short which impressed investors who backed his first feature film, the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He then directed another crime comedy, Snatch. His next two films, the romantic comedy Swept Awayand the crime drama...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 September 1968
CityHatfield, England
You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.
What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.
We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?
The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting.
Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on.
Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film's world of cons and games.
It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.
In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.
I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.
I like death. I'm a big fan of it.
I am not involved in any 'issues' because it's too sensitive for me - or my wife - to get involved. Every time we express an opinion it becomes a whole thing in itself. And the whole purpose of living in the countryside was to get away from hundreds of people. My wife fell off a horse, and suddenly there are hundreds of people around.
I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.
I think everything you do, characters I always find, have their own voices and once you establish who that character is you find a different voice. I think it's just a question of establishing that character and the voice speaks through that character.
If you find a TV series that you like, you like the tone of the TV series or the movie.