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
nice people laughing
I do like to make films with a political theme, but sometimes it's nice simply to make people laugh. That's the hardest thing to do in fact.
battle film forget
Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble.
believe character thinking
I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.
art important addresses
I'm not criticizing Hollywood because I work there, I partly live there. But I'm saying this is the way it is, commerce is taking over art. Commerce has become the most important thing in the film industry. Hollywood is an industry, it's not an art form, therefore they have to address the bottom line. But in a way it's sad when you get a remake, isn't it?
movies positive
I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.
The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces.
looks fbi officers
Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.