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
One of the interesting and exciting things about my job is watching technological ground being pioneered.
I don't know enough about Woody Allen to be a fan of him.
I like the idea of taking what is essentially a boring, officious job and turning it into something that is a fantasy, to a degree. I suppose there is a juxtaposition involved in that because you do have to be a civil servant but you're doing a tremendously exciting job, or potentially an exciting job, or a glamourous job.
I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.
I don't like the idea of agents in a typical form. The idea of agents, to me, brings up the idea of a man in a very boring suit who's not very good looking and doesn't have much attention to style.
I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.
After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.
I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment.
I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.
Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally.
We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.
I still love her. But she's retarded, too.
I like filming in the UK - I'll sleep in my own bed, which I'm really happy about.
We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.