Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scottis an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien, his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, crime drama Thelma & Louise, historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator, war film Black Hawk Down, crime thriller Hannibal, biographical film American Gangster, and science fiction films Prometheusand The Martian...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 November 1937
fall thinking keys
I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can inert and study your navel and gradually you'll fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.
jobs casting good-job
I do a pretty good job at casting actually.
thinking
I think moviemakers are dramatists.
abbey-road abbey knows
You don't really know what you're going to get until you're actually in Abbey Road. That's where I did all the music, in The Beatles' place.
years done able
Well, not totally because over the years I've probably done 2,700 commercials. So, I'm always ticking. And in a way that was a huge advantage because I was able to take my time choosing my film subjects because I wasn't relying on the fear of not being able to work.
want wow taste
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, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.
decision casts
It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.
cutting good-relationship bullied
And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.
trying
I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth.
superhero boring ifs
Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.
science thinking want
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.
home technology thinking
There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of a large picture on a large screen at home. People go out less. I don't know that it's going to stay that way but, I think also, we've got to start making better movies.
looks feels galaxy
How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?
writing process visceral
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.